LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Conferences
North Eastern and Irish Free State Districts.
A CONFERENCE of Honorary Workers in the North Eastern District was held at Bridlington on 18th September last. Representatives from thirty-six Branches and Guilds were present...
Category: Meetings
Eastbourne Crew and Shorehelpers Who Have Already Raised Nearly £3000 Towards the Cost of Their New Lifeboat Present Two Cheques for the Eastbourne Appeal to A
Eastbourne crew and shorehelpers, who have already raised nearly £3,000 towards the cost of their new lifeboat, present two cheques for the Eastbourne appeal to Alderman Cecil Baker, station honorary secretary. (I. to r.)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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
Marie May (1)
Hythe and Dungeness (Kent).
At 6.30 in the evening of llth November, with a 70-mile an hour gale blowing from the S.W., a very heavy sea running, and poor visibility on account of heavy rain, the Coxswain at Hythe received...
(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
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BUDEHAVEN.—A new life-boat, on Mr PEAKE'S design, has been stationed at Budehaven on the north coast of Cornwall by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. Her dimensions are, length 27 ft., beam...
Category: Articles
An unexpected catch
When six teenagers fished into the early hours of a Summer morning, they suddenly became caught themselves
The group, aged 14–16, began night fishing from disused oyster beds at the north end of Langstone Harbour,...
Category: Articles
Isis (1)
OAIBTEB AND WIHTEBTON NORFOLK,— The Oaister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden put off on the 19th September and remained by the stranded steamer Jsis, of Newcastle, as the vessel had a large number of men on board who were discharging the cargo....
Enniskillen on Lough Erne was the RNLI's first inland waterway lifeboat station. Lough Derg has swiftly followed Photo: Colin Watson
Enniskillen on Lough Erne was the RNLI's first inland waterway lifeboat station. Lough Derg has swiftly followed Photo: Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Remembering Mum
When fun-loving Judith Lunan suddenly passed away, it was a huge shock to her family. Then they discovered her favourite charity
‘I know Mum would be so pleased that we are doing something positive in her name,’ says Sarah...
Category: Articles