LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Books
Lifeboat! by Edward Wake-Walker, Heather Deane and Georgette Purches, published by Ian Allen at £5.95 ISBN 0-7110-1835-9 As the authors of this volume are the RNLI's public relations officer, his deputy and a recently retired...
Category: Articles
Travelscope
Thousands of happy passengers have already enjoyed a fabulous Ocean Cruise with award-winning tour operator Travelscope. savouring life on board the ever-popular MV Van Gogh ocean liner. On the back of this success and due to overwhelming...
Category: Advertisement
(Right) the Rigid Hull Is Divided Into Watertight Compartments By Five Longitudinal Wooden Box Girders and Seven Transverse Watertight Bulkheads
(Right) the rigid hull is divided into watertight compartments by five longitudinal wooden box girders and seven transverse watertight bulkheads . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gael Force
Tá na báid ar snámh san fharraige, Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir. The boats are floating on the sea, May the men come safely home.
Irish folk song
An island on western Europe’s extreme,...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
The Annual Meeting was held on 15th March, Lady Montgomery, the Chairman of the Committee, presiding.
The annual report for the year ended 30th September, 1921, -which was pre- sented to...
Category: Branches
Shoreline Section
BOAT SHOW 1975: what a memorable eleven days. Here is a diary of just some of the happenings recorded on the Shoreline stand: Wednesday, January 1 Opening day. Arrive early to prepare stand and display insignia and enrolment forms. Impressed...
Category: Articles
Snowflake, Our Boys and Evening Star
Arbroath, Angus. At 1.45 on the after- noon of the 28th September, 1961, three local fishing boats, Snowflake, Our Boys and Evening Star, were approaching the harbour in a strong south-south-easterly wind and a rough sea. Because of the...
Albion, of Teignmouth and Emma, of Barrow
— On the 20th February, the schooners Albion, of Teignmouth, and Emma, of Barrow, an- chored in Fishguard Bay. Being strangers, the vessels came to anchor rather too far out in the bay, and the wind having suddenly shifted to the N.N.E., and...
(Right) One of 20 Lifeboat Models Made By Jeff Morris and Used In a Number of Displays and Fund-Raising Events In the Coventry Area on Sunday January 30 the Mo
(Right) One of 20 lifeboat models made by Jeff Morris and used in a number of displays and fund-raising events in the Coventry area.
On Sunday, January 30, the models farmed the focal point of a lifeboat service at Radford... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
Appeal to Honorary Secretaries.
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station...
Category: Articles