LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr. John G. Francis, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent, was at R.N.L.I. Headquarters, London, on 15th May, 1969, presented with a lifeboatman statuette for his voluntary public relations work for the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society which he... - View image in PDF

Ix December, 1948, the secretary of the Institution, Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A., broadcast a talk "Exploits of the old Sailing Life- boats." This talk was on the air the day after the motor life-boat St. Allans...

Over 160 people tackled the famous assault course of television's The Krypton Factor on 1 June 1996 to raise funds for the RNLI. The course, situated at Holcombe Moor Training Centre near Bury, is not open to the public but is made... - View image in PDF

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Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 26th of November, 1952, it was learnt that an air sea rescue launch in North Bay had parted one mooring, and that the other was badly frayed. She had no crew aboard, and the R...

To BENJAMIN MILLER, on his retirement, after serving 7 years as Second Coxswain and 3 years as Coxswain of the North Berwick Life-boat, a Pension.

To JOHN MORRIS, on his retirement, after serving 11 1/2 years as Second...

THE SCENE OF ACTION now moves from the design office to the boatyard (William Osborne Ltd, Littlehampton) which will have been sent the lines plan of the boat (illustrated at very small scale at the foot of this page). It is the lines plan...

Biker Neil Stevens prepares for his lap of honour. - View image in PDF