LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medals of the National Shipwreck Institution
WE have had frequent opportunities to witness the high value which our own countrymen attach to the medals of this Institution, some 600 of which have been voted to them for acts of gallantry; and we have much satisfaction in extracting the...
Category: Medals
The Duchess of Kent In Birmingham.
The Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, attended a life-boat fete in the Botanical Gardens, Birmingham on September i8th. and made a short speech thanking Birmingham for its help. That help in 1943 was over £10,000..
Category: Articles
The S.S. Coral Sea
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 11.10 in the morning of the 17th of February, 1948, the motor life-boat S.G.E. put out, with a doctor on board, to the s.s.
Coral Sea, of New York, bound in ballast from Southampton to New...
Clem James of Staithes and Runswick One of Those at "The Sharp End"
Clem James of Staithes and Runswick One of Those at "The Sharp End". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Members of the Mumbles Ladies' Guild With Their President Mrs Herbert Morgan Mayoress of Swansea
Members of The Mumbles ladies' guild with their president, Mrs Herbert Morgan, Mayoress of Swansea.. - View image in PDF
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The End of the Line. Barry Dennis Loads Another Basket of Parcels Into the Waiting Lorry
The end of the line. Barry Dennis loads another basket of parcels into the waiting lorry. - View image in PDF
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Nature of Services By Life-Boats
CLASS Fishing boats - all types Motor vessels, steamers, barges, motor boats, etc.
Sailing yachts, sailing dinghies, sailing boats, motor cruisers and motor yachts Aircraft f Small boats, canoes, rubber dinghies,...
Category: Services
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
When Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales visited Grimsby in July she was presented with a miniature model of Humbers's 54ft Arun lifeboat City of Bradford IV by the Mayor, Councillor Anthony Rouse. The model was made by Brian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss Clare Francis Mbe Guest Speaker at the Presentation of Awards Meeting Ended Her Speech By Making a Surprise Presentation of Her Own on Behalf of the Who
Miss Clare Francis, MBE, guest speaker at the presentation of awards meeting, ended her speech by making a surprise presentation of her own. On behalf of the whole crew of ADC Accutrac, the yacht which she skippered in the Whitbread... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Seamus Mccormack of Rosslare Harbour
Coxswain Seamus McCormack of Rosslare Harbour joined the crew in 1973 and served as Second Coxswain from 1977 until his appointment as Coxswain in 1987.
In 1979 he was awarded a bronze medal in recognition of the courage,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs