LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
June
MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s.and towed her to a berth in Walton River.
She...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the October, November, December, and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the October, November, December, and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
October Meeting.
EOSSLARE HARBOUR, Co. WEXFORD.
—On 20th September the Royal Firth, of...
Category: Services
D Class
Length 4.9m (16ft) Beam 2m (6ft 7in) Displacement Approx 745lb Speed 20 knots Endurance 3 hours at max. - View image in PDF
speed Crew 2 or 3 Construction Nylon coated with hypalon. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr David Miles (Left) Manager of the 'Duke of York' Dering Street London Led a Sponsored Shave In Aid of the RNLI
Mr. David Miles (left), manager of the 'Duke of York', Dering Street, London, led a sponsored shave in aid of the R.N.L.I. He and his two barmen, Mr. Alan Hart and Mr. Sam Weaver, grew moustaches and beards for one month and then had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Atholl Former Convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council With Mrs E P Hill Former Secretary of Gourock Ladies' Guild Mrs Hill Awarded a Gold Badge Had Bee
The Duke of Atholl, former convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, with Mrs E. P.
Hill, former secretary of Gourock ladies' guild. Mrs Hill, awarded a gold badge, had been unable to attend the AGM in London in May to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
People and Places
RNLI lottery 'You need hands' was the watchword on the day Max Bygraves drew the winning tickets for the 34th national lottery on July 31, 1986. Mr Bygraves, who was appearing in a summer show at the Poole Arts Centre, kept the...
Category: Articles
The Final Hull Form of the Mersey Seen During the Self-Righting Trials of on 1125 a Pre-Production Prototype
The final hull form of the Mersey, seen during the self-righting trials of ON 1125, a pre-production prototype. (Photo Downland Studios). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescued!
ON 20th August the Runswick motor life-boat, Robert Patton—The Always Ready, rescued a man whose yacht was in distress in Runswick Bay. The account of that service appears on page 364. Here is another account of the same service—by the man...
Category: Services
(Right) a Visit to St.Mary's Lifeboat Station While Holidaying In the Scil/Y Isles 22 Years Ago Began a Lifelong Interest In Lifeboats for Mr and Mrs Derrick Waters Since The
(Right) A visit to St Mary's lifeboat station while holidaying in the Scil/y Isles 22 years ago began a lifelong interest in lifeboats for Mr and Mrs Derrick Waters. Since then, they and their children, Carolyn, Stephen and David, have... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations
Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales.
NINE presentations of Centenary Vel- lums to Stations have taken place during the past summer at Howth, Courtmacsherry, Arklow, Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown), Holy Island...
Category: Articles