LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Disaster at Fraserburgh
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to May 31st, 1953 - 78,220 Disaster at Fraserburgh MONDAY the 9th of February, 1953, was a fine sunny day...
Category: Services
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1910
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CREWE, K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by the Chairman.
Seconded by Admiral SIR COMP- TON EDWARD DOMVILE, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
1. That the Annual Report be adopted,...
Category: Meetings
Western Lass
Salcombe Life-boat Disaster.
Sunset and evening star, And one clear call {or me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may...
Cold can kill
In 1945 a committee was set up by the Admiralty to investigate the cause of loss of life after sinking in the last war, when it was estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 probably died after successfully abandoning ship. As a result of...
Category: Articles
January 29 1976: British Airways Helicopter Lifts Off Crew of 17 from Trawler Ben Gulvain When With Engine Failure She Had Run Aground Near Aberdeen In Gale Force Winds
January 29, 1976: British Airways helicopter lifts off crew of 17 from trawler Ben Gulvain when, with engine failure, she had run aground near Aberdeen in gale force winds.
photograph by courtesy of Miss I. M.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards presented by HM King Constantine
BRONZE MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY Former Port St Mary crew member Rick Tomlinson, Lough Swilly On 16 April 1991 photographer Rick Tomlinson was taking publicity shots of the Lough Swilly D class lifeboat from his rigid inflatable when a fishing...
Category: Awards
Wolverhampton Branch's Souvenir and Publicity Caravan Splendidly Converted from a Mobile Hot Dog Stall Made Its First Appearance Last May When Ken Dodd and the May
Wolverhampton branch's souvenir and publicity caravan, splendidly converted from a mobile hot dog stall, made its first appearance last May when Ken Dodd and the Mayor of Wolverhampton opened the town's Fiesta from its... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Forthcoming Articles
IN the next number of The Lifeboat will appear accounts of the naming of the new Porthdinllaen Motor Life-boat by Dame Margaret Lloyd George, and of the visit of the Margate Motor Life-boat to Calais for the unveiling of a memorial to...
Category: Articles
Spare us a share?
Thank you to everyone who donated shares to the RNLI in 2009 – your generosity helped raise over £63,000.
Looking ahead to a new financial year, the RNLI would be delighted to accept donations of shares, no matter...
Category: Articles
(Above) Mountbatten of Burma Prototype of the Rnli Medina Class Lifeboat Visited the Liner SS Canberra In Southampton Docks Last July Taking Out Commodore F B Woolley Deputy Captain I
(Above) Mountbatten of Burma, prototype of the RNLI Medina class lifeboat, visited the liner ss Canberra in Southampton Docks last July, taking out Commodore F. B.
Woolley, Deputy Captain Ian Gibb and other P and O... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs