LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
'The Aberystwyth Lifeboat John and Naomi Beattie (1906 - 1932)'
'The Aberystwyth Lifeboat John and Naomi Beattie (1906 - 1932)' painted by Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott BEM and available as an RNLI Christmas card and also as a postcard..
Category: Drawings
Mr. Rowland Berkeley, Deputy Secretary of the Institution
Mr. Rowland Berkeley.
WE deeply regret to announce the sudden death on 14th October, after an operation, of Mr. Rowland Berkeley, who was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Institution at the beginning of 1923. Mr. Berkeley...
Category: Obituaries
Above: Whitby's Restored Pulling and Sailing Lifeboat, Robert & Ellen Robson,
Above: Whitby's restored pulling and sailing lifeboat, Robert & Ellen Robson, is launched from an original carnage for the first time in over 40 years to great applause from the large gathered crowd.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'It’s a good time to hang up my sou’wester. I’m leaving a trim and healthy organisation.'
On the eve of his retirement, the RNLI’s most influential Master Mariner looks back on 40 years at ‘the sharp end’ ...
Michael Vlasto, RNLI Operations...
Category: Articles
Mr. G. B. Dixon, of Walthamstow
By the death of Mr. George B.
Dixon, of Walthamstow, at the age of seventy-six, the Institution has lost one of its most valued honorary secretaries. He was appointed honor- ary secretary in 1923, and, in spite of the...
Category: Obituaries
The Ketches Flower of Essex, Enterprise, Lord Beresford and Eustace
MARGATE.—At 8.30 A.M. on the 29th November, a message was received at Margate from the Coastguard at Epple Bay, stating that a barge was ashore half a mile east of that place; at the same time the Coastguard at Birchington reported a barge,...
The Truck's Four-Tonne Crane Makes the Task of Loading and Unloading Inshore Lifeboats
The truck's four-tonne crane makes the task of loading and unloading inshore lifeboats and other heavy equipment a one-man-job.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Altivo, of Lisbon
On the night of the 23rd February, a vessel was ob- served on shore inside the South Tail Sand- bank, Bideford Bay. The wind was blowing a gale at the time from W.N. W. The Hope life-boat was promptly launched, and pro- ceeded towards the...
Mrs Elizabeth Wiles,
Mrs Elizabeth Wiles, founder chairman of the Louth branch.
Mrs Wiles founded the branch in 1970 and was awarded the Silver badge in 1986 upon her retirement as chairman. She continued to organise Louth flag days andreceived...
Category: Obituaries