LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spurn Head and Its Spit Are Fascinating Geological Features
Spurn Head and its spit are fascinating geological features - but they are a problem for the RNLI and the Humber Pilots who both operate there.
The lifeboat can be seen lying afloat off the T-shape pier on the left of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Warriors of the Sea
LOUD thundered the breakers on the dark Atlantic shore, Ihe sky was mantled in the shroud of starless night, The lightning flash'd, and thunder roar'd, 'Midst the howling wind and hurricane's...
Category: Poetry
The Chemical Tanker Multitank Ascania
Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crewsThurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident involving...
The S.S. Asia
Penlee, Cornwall. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of February, 1959, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that the s.s. Asia of Liverpool, which was then three miles south-south-west of Carn Du, was making for...
Obituary
Lady Baring.
ALL associated with the Institution will join in sympathy with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., the chairman of the committee of management, in his sorrow at the death of Lady Baring, on 9th June, after a long illness....
Category: Obituaries
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 15th day of March, 1877, His Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L.,...
Category: Annual Reports
Each Year Since An Ilb Was First Stationed at Horton and Port Eynon In 1968 Reg James Although Confined to a Wheelchair Has Organised a Gala Sports Day at Burrows Ca
Each year since an ILB was first stationed at Horton and Port Eynon in 1968, Reg James, although confined to a wheelchair, has organised a gala sports day at Burrows caravan park as his contribution to the station. He presents his 1976... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Pavilion at the Empire Exhibition, Scotland
THE Institution has its own pavilion at the Empire Exhibition, Scotland, 1938, at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. The pavilion has been built for the Institu- tion by Sir John Burnet, Tait & Larne, architects of the...
Category: Articles
Century Life-Boat Day In London: The Duchess of Norfolk and Some of Her Helpers In the City
Century Life-Boat Day In London: The Duchess of Norfolk and Some of Her Helpers In The City. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hyannis to Rockland from Page 233
Hyannis to Rockland from page 233 were asked regarding the operation of a voluntary lifeboat service outside Government control. The predominantly shore based role of HM Coastguard was a fact which many of the audience found hard to...
Category: Articles