LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

4: She Is Kept On Even Keel With Balancing Poles Which Support Her While She Is Hauled On To. - View image in PDF

A splendid cake, donated by Sunblest Bakeries, was first prize in a raffle at Ainsdale branch's tenth anniversary dance, an event which raised £440.. - View image in PDF

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...

Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...

Portrush, Co. Antrim. — On the morning of the 1st September the auxiliary ketch-rigged yacht Thelma II, of Beaumaris, carrying a crew of three, left Portrush for Liverpool under sail.

Her engine was out of action. A very...

The Motor Life-boat City of Glasgow was launched at 5.45 P.M. on 6th April, in a moderate W. gale with a rough sea and rain, as the Coastguard had reported that the steam trawler River Kent was in distress and drifting off tie Mull of...

Kent life-boat and IRB representatives attended a memorial service in Rochester Cathedral on 8th November, 1968, in memory of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent..

Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.25 on on the afternoon of the 16th September, 1961, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that the small fish- ing vessel Violet was unable to make the harbour entrance. The wind at the time had...