LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The death is also announced of Dr. Joseph Soar, M.B.E., who was honorary secretary at St.

David's, Pembrokeshire, from 1926 to 1963. In 1943 he received the bronze medal of the Institution for the part he played in the...

The R.N.L.I, is the poorer through the death of Miss Pixie Iatthews. The daughter of the well-known actor, the late A. E. Matthews, she gave 10 years of whole-hearted service to the committee of the Shrewsbury branch. Whether she was...

Following the untimely death of Phil Doolan of Fareham, his family asked that money be donated to the RNLI as he was a keen sailor and dinghy instructor.

Phil was a consultant in the defence industry and had a long... - View image in PDF

Forest Row Choir named at Shoreham The second D class lifeboat funded by the Forest Row lifeboat choir was named and dedicated by Dorothy Rumens, choir member, on 31 August 1996 Some 200 people attended the ceremony at Shoreham, including 50... - View image in PDF

Naming ceremonies Henry Alston Hewatai Mallaig Mallaig's new all-weather Severn class lifeboat was named after the father of Catherine Hewat of Glasgow, who funded the majority of the £1,8m lifeboat with a bequest in excess of £...

THURSDAY, 8th January, 1891.

Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.

Also read those of the Finance and Corre-...

There are 24 lifeboat stations around the coast of Ireland. Provisional figures for 1986 show that their 26 lifeboats (Dun Laoghaire and Howth have both D class and fast afloat lifeboats) launched 181 times rescuing 98 lives. The RNLI's...

On the night of January 11 and 12, 1978, storm force winds blowing right down the North Sea coinciding with some of the highest tides of the winter resulted in severe flooding and damage down the East Coast of England and in the Thames...