LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Stamp Club
THE Life-boat Stamp Club, which was started at the end of 1933 by Miss Margaret Power, of Mount Royal, Old Qommon, Cobham, Surrey, honorary secretary of the Cobham branch of the Institution, now has a branch of its own at Cromer. This branch...
Category: Articles
The Swedish Training Ships Falken and Gladan and Jinty
Torbay, Devon.—On the evening of the 7th of August, 1948, a sudden gale got up from the south-east, and anxiety was felt for the crews of the two Swedish training ships Falken and Gladan,. anchored off Paignjon for the yacht racing in Torbay...
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
DURING the summer the Inaugural Ceremonies of new Motor Life-boats have been held at the Lizard, Appledore, Peterhead, Brixham, Eastbourne and Bembridge. Of these, the Lizard boat went to her station in 1920, the Peter- head and Eastbourne...
Category: Inaugurations
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
IT is intended in this and each future number of the Life-boat Journal to give our readers a short account of two or more of the stations of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
These sketches—for they will be of that...
Category: Articles
Morning Rays, Amity and Copieux
MARCH 12TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 10.40 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel burning flares one and a half miles N.W. by W., and the motor life-boat K.B.M. was launched at 11.30. A strong southerly wind was blowing,...
The Life-Boatman's Log
France Honours the Life-boat Service A Decoration for a Cornish ex-Coxswain ON the 14th of July last, a reception was held at University College, South- ampton to mark the celebrations of France's national day, Le Quatorze...
Category: Articles
A Sailboard and a Boat
Exercise becomes service to three A training exercise became operational experience for the crew of the new relief Atlantic 21 at Cullercoats on 1 May 1991, earning the station a Letter of Thanks from the Director.Cullercoats' relief...
A Gift of Gratitude Was Presented to Ryde Station Branch By Members of 'Ten Mess' Hms Fife Thirteen Years Ago Petty Officer Bridle Was Rescued from a Fishing Boat
A gift of gratitude was presented to Ryde station branch by members of 'Ten Mess', HMS Fife. Thirteen years ago Petty Officer Bridle was rescued from a fishing boat accident by the lifeboat and last year he and his shipmates... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) to Celebrate His 65Th Birthday and 50 Years of Lifeboat Service a Special Cake and Presentations for Alfred Payne Westonsuper- Mare's Coxswain from 1948 to 197
(Below) To celebrate his 65th birthday and 50 years of lifeboat service, a special cake and presentations for Alfred Payne, Westonsuper- Mare's coxswain from 1948 to 1970.
Mr Payne had been second coxswain before that... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 11th October, 1888.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., T.V., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and...
Category: Committee