LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Newhaven Lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott After Being Rammed Amidships By Hm Trawler Avanturine In a Gale on the Night of November 23 1940
The Newhaven lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott after being rammed amidships by HM trawler Avanturine in a gale on the night of November 23, 1940.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boats In New Zealand
EVER since the first pioneers settled in Canterbury, and sailing ships carried their cargo up the Heathcote River to Ferrymead, the ever-changing Sumner Bar has been notorious for its vicious moods and the number of lives and ships it has...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
Portaferry, May 9, 1987 There was a large gathering for the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Portaferry Atlantic 21 lifeboat Blue Peter V. The occasion included the official opening of the new boathouse, made possible...
Category: Inaugurations
Lifeboat Crew Member Frank Dunster (Left) Who Took His Own Rigid Inflatable to the Casualty and Roderick James (Right) Helmsman of the Hayling Island Atlantic
Lifeboat crew member Frank Dunster (left) who took his own rigid inflatable to the casualty and Roderick James (right) helmsman of the Hayling Island Atlantic 21.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A clearer picture
The RNLI’s Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1854 (excerpt shown left) states: ‘Loss of life (as far as can be ascertained) 1,549.’ Two years earlier, the Lifeboat admitted that: ‘No complete record of shipwrecks is kept …’ but the quoted...
Category: Articles
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1873-4
IN presenting to Parliament the Wreck Register and Chart for the year 1873—4, the BOARD OF TRADE observe that it has been found advisable to make up its tables from the 1st July to the 30th June, instead of from the 1st January to the 31st...
Category: Articles
Majestic of Dundee
On the 26th Oc- tober, 1859, the schooner Majestic, of Dun- dee, ran for the harbour of Benvick-on- Tweed, it blowing a heavy gale at that time from the N.E. She succeeded in crossing the bar, but drove ashore on Spittal Point. The life-boat...
Nostalgia Direct
AVAILABLE ON 2 TAPES OR 2 CDs RICHARD CLAYDERMAN Music brings back such fond memories to all of us ... especially the romantic piano sound of Richard Clayderman.
We are delighted to present Moonlight d Roses his wonderful...
Category: Advertisement
Duke of Northumberland, K.G.
IN April 1959 H.M. the Queen appointed the Duke of Northumberland, who is the Treasurer of the Institution, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter..
Category: Articles
The Duke of Atholl
The Duke of Atholl checks one of the winning tickets with Angela Freeman, the Bournemouth Evening Echo's newspaper girl of the year.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs