LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
They Have Now Been Warned
Two men have been fined £2 each at Tobermory for firing a rocket "for fun" over the Island of Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides, on the night of the 3rd of January. The rocket was taken for a distress signal and the Barra Island...
Category: Services
Active, of Cellardyke
On the 19th Sep- tember, the fishing-boat Active, of Cellar- dyke, N.B., was observed in distress during a strong E.N.E. wind and in a heavy sea, off Anstruther. The Admiral FitzRoy life- boat put out and brought the boat and her crew of 4...
Peep o ' Day, of Wrexford
On the morning of the 21st April the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition. The lugger Peep o'Day, of Wexford, was totally wrecked on the north end of the Dogger Bank, during a strong breeze from the E.N.E. The...
The Wells Life-Boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—A 37-Foot Oakley—Was Built In 1965. She Is a Self-Righter and Is One of About 20 of Her Type In Service With the R.N.L.I., In Addition to Six 48-Foot 6-Inc
The Wells life-boat Ernest Tom Neathercoat—a 37-foot Oakley—was built in 1965. She is a self-righter and is one of about 20 of her type in service with the R.N.L.I., in addition to six 48-foot 6-inch Oakley and Solent class and six 44-foot... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
True Vine, of Fraserburgh
OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens...
Commodore the Right Hon the Earl Howe (Right) Chairman of the Committee of Management from 1956 to 1964: As at Home In a Lifeboat As at An International Conf
Commodore The Right Hon. The Earl Howe (right), Chairman of the Committee of Management from 1956 to 1964: as at home in a lifeboat as at an international conference—or at the wheel of a high-speed car.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
. . . .Received By Way of Exchange, a Box of Chocolates
.... received by way of exchange, a box of chocolates. Alison, whose obvious surprise and delight caught the photographer's attention, is the daughter of a member of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund's executive committee.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Meath, of Dublin, and the Admiralty Examinaion Vessel Manx Lad
AUGUST 16TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 7.40 A.M. the coastguard reported that an explosion had occurred on the S.S. Meath, of Dublin, which was entering the harbour for examination. The weather was fine, with a light N.W....
Right: Hfth the Duke of Kent Visits Conwy Lifeboat Station
Right: HftH The Duke of Kent visits Conwy lifeboat station and is pictured with some of the crew members, together with station honorary secretary Keith Robinson (far right). - View image in PDF
© Karl Roberts. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Form of Bequest
P*OR those who wish permanently to benefit what must necessarily be a permanent Work of Humanity.
I give and bequeath to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, London,...
Category: Donations