LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Left: Who Can Resist the Appeal of a Spaniel's Liquid Eyes?
Left: Who can resist the appeal of a Spaniel's liquid eyes? Very few it seems as 'Rusty', aided and abetted by owner Judy Crisp from the depot administration staff, filled a succession of boxes to collect just short of £100!... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck of a Finnish Motor Ship. Thirty Lives Lost In the Orkneys
IN the early morning of 12th January, 1937, a Finnish motor ship, the Johanna Thorden, passed through the Pentland Firth, between the north of Scotland and the Orkneys, on her way from New York to Gothenburg. She had thirty- eight on board,...
Category: Services
The Four-Masted Iron Ship Mersey (1)
WALMEB AND KINGSDOWNE, KENT.— On the 27th and 28th December, 1901, a heavy south-westerly gale prevailed in the Channel. The four-masted iron ship Mersey, of Grimstad, was driven on the Goodwin Sands, and in a very short time was engulfed....
A Rowing Boat and John West
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 9.38 on the morning of the 31st of January, 1953, the coastguard telephoned to say a man at Skellister had reported that two men had left Gletness Nesting in aten-feet rowing boat at 7.30 to attend to their fishing...
From the Director
Lt Cdr Brian Miles looks at the RNLI's plans for the future and at a busy and memorable 1993In any generation, improvements in the lifeboat service can always be achieved, and the recognition that tomorrow we should aim to be better than...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat
25th Novem- ber. A man in a small boat had got lost in a thick fog, but eventually made land without help.—Rewards, £23 Os.Qd.
National Life-Boat Museum
The R.N.L.I's charter does not make provision for the preservation of old lifeboats and equipment, and the National Lifeboat Museum Bristol was therefore established as an independent registered charity for this...
Category: Advertisement
David and Pat Harris
David and Pal Hams presenting their bowl to RNLI members at Portaferry. The family have close contacts with Newcastle. - View image in PDF
Photos counesy of Poole Botougti Council. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Receipts and Payments—1st Jan. To 31st Dec., 1956
177,238 269 31,696 9,716 41,106 12,253 1,913 2.895 58,167 2,832 55~335 4,180 12,580 995 452 2,832 21,039 18,763 27,073 26 45,862 42,263 10,376 44,092 851 798 56,117 22,177 4,315 267 26.759 10,656 806 102,807 8,338 4,771 7,188 1,840 136,406...
Category: Accounts
Manuscript Limited
ya/Nati Appeal "TbeLynmouth Lifeboat, ijth January 1899'by £Marl Myers RSMA The Perfect Gift for you and the RNLI The RNLI's Limited Edition Appeal has proved a resounding success, with thousands of pounds already raised...
Category: Advertisement