LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Presentation of North Sunderland Station Branch's 150Th Anniversary Vellum Was Made Last November By the Duke of Northumberland (R of Vellum) at a Gathering Of
Presentation of North Sunderland station branch's 150th anniversary vellum was made last November by the Duke of Northumberland (r. of vellum) at a gathering of crew, branch and guild members at Hamburgh Castle Hotel, Seahouses. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The End of H.M.S. Warspite. A Dangerous Service By Penlee
AT the end of April the famous battleship Warspite, which was built over thirty years ago. and served with great distinction in two wars in all parts of the world, was being towed from Portsmouth by two tugs to a shipbreaker's yard on...
Category: Services
The Scene In Old Market Square Nottingham As the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Mrs 1 F Matthews Welcomed Everyone to the Handing Over Ceremony of Rnlb Nottinghamshir
The scene in Old Market Square, Nottingham, as the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Mrs 1. F.
Matthews, welcomed everyone to the handing over ceremony of RNLB Nottinghamshire.
photograph by courtesy of Jeff... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wreck of the Indian Chief. Noble Services of the "Bradford" Life-Boat
THE accompanying graphic accounts of the wreck of the Indian Chief, and of the noble rescue of a portion of her crew by the Bradford self-righting Life-boat, sta- tioned at Ramsgate, appeared in the Daily Telegraph on the 11th and 18th Jan.,...
Category: Articles
Slick rescue
In the midst of an ecological disaster, St Mary’s and Penlee volunteers helped keep 35 people safe.
The crude oil supertanker Torrey Canyon left Kuwait on 19 February 1967 for Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. Her crew were...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches
1st August to 31st October.
Greater London.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.
CROYDON.—Presentation by the Mayoress of the shield for Greater London in the life-boat essay competition, to Gordon...
Category: Branches
Wilson, of Whitehaven
On the 2nd Feb. the Life-boat on the south side, or at Mornington, was trans- ported by land to Bettystown Strand, and launched therefrom to the assistance of the schooner Wilson, of Whitehaven, which was wrecked off there during a strong...
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St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—6th August, 1939. A bather had been reported in difficulties by the pilots, but the ?ifeboat could find no sign of him. He was already drowned.—Rewards, £5 11*. 6d..
Modern Lifeboats Carry Their Communications Aerials As High As Possible
Modern lifeboats carry their communications aerials as high as possible on the superstructure. In this photograph of the prototype Trent class there are two MF aerials at the side of the upper steering position - one connected to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1930
Developments for 1931.
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition has now been held for ten years. Started in 1918, it was held in that year and the two following years. In 1921,1922 and 1923 no...
Category: Articles