LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
Last bowman Ronald Chapman has been promoted to Second Coxswain of Skegness lifeboat.
This means that the historic position of bowman will no longer exist within the RNLI as he was the last lifeboatman to hold the post.<...
Category: Articles
Islay: It Was Reported In the Spring Journal That Hrh Prince Henrik Prince Consort of Denmark Had Visited Barra Island
Islay: /( was reported in the spring journal that HRH Prince Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, had visited Barra Island and Islay lifeboat stations in January to present plaques to the crews in recognition of the efforts to rescue the crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Armed Trawler Dungeness
NOVEMBER 15-25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 3.25 A.M. a message was received from the Haisboro’ coastguard that a trawler was ashore near the Haisboro’ Gap. A light southerly breeze was blowing and there was a heavy ground...
A Small Boat (4)
4th Sep- tember. A small boat was drifting, but made safety unaided.—Rewards, £11 16*..
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, l11th April, 1912.
The Bight Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman and SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Committee
People and Places
Comedian Les Dennis, who was appearing in 'Don't Dress for Dinner' at the Pier Theatre in Bournemouth, drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 62nd national lottery at the Pier Approach on 31 July...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND ITS LIFE-BOATS.
XLIV. BROOKS.—The George and Anne, 32 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, 10 oars.
XLV. BRIGHSTONE GRANGE.—The Worcester Cadet, 34 feet by 8 feet, 10...
Category: Articles
Lowestoft Life-Boat Stands By M.V. "Ameland'
(See page 120).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the Governors of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 26th of March, 1957. The Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee of Management, was in the...
Category: Meetings
A Stained Glass Window Dedicated to the Lifeboat Service Was Unveiled at the Church of Scotland Crown Court London on April 21: It Shows a Pulling Lifeboat
A stained glass window dedicated to the lifeboat service was unveiled at the Church of Scotland, Crown Court, London, on April 21: it shows a pulling lifeboat going to the rescue of a steam tug and records the Institution's 150th... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs