LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Family Affair
In the previous issue of The Lifeboat we featured a photograph of Malcolm Gray, Coxswain of St Davids lifeboat, along his daughter who is also a crew member.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, Life-Boat Circling the Upturned Hull of the Barge Isle of Gigha Three Miles South of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, life-boat circling the upturned hull of the barge Isle of Gigha three miles south of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pushing the Boat Out: Members of the Running Team Based at the Green Man Stamford
Pushing the boat out: Members of the running team based at the Green Man, Stamford pushed a 14ft dinghy, dressed as a lifeboat, around the Stamford Festival half marathon and raised £1,000 for the Stamford and District branch. Later in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dr William D Bell Mrcs Lrcp
Dr William D. Bell, MRCS LRCP, honorary secretary of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly lifeboat station from 1964 to 1972..
Category: Obituaries
A Long Tow
BOWMAN B. A. C. LEGGE, of the Weymouth life-boat, has been awarded a framed letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., for the part he played in helping to bring in a yacht...
Category: Services
The Problem of Ships' Life-Boats
SHIPS' BOATS : THEIR QUALITIES, CON- STRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND LAUNCH- ING APPLIANCES. By Ernest W.
Blocksidge, M.I.N.A. (Longmans, Green & Co. 25.?. net.) Reviewed by FELIX RUBIE, M.I.N.A., Surveyor of...
Category: Articles
Cave Pic: View of the Cave at Perranporth, Where the Surfers Were Stuck
Cave pic: View of the cave at Perranporth, where the surfers were stuck. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ceremonies
There was an expectant buzz around the Scarborough boathouse as the crowd awaited the arrival of HRH The Duchess of Kent in the warm, late summer sunshine on 9 September 1992. In a lively and enthusiastic speech by branch president Gilbert...
Category: Inaugurations
Naming Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
DURING the past summer the naming ceremonies have been held of ten motor life-boats, at Gourdon, Hythe, Ilfra- combe, North Sunderland, Port St.
Mary, St. David's, Sheringham, Sunder- land, Wells, and Yarmouth, Isle of ...
Category: Articles
Pooch in a pouch
4 September 2012: An unfortunate dog, which had fallen to the bottom of cliffs at Salton Bay, was rescued by St Bees inshore lifeboat. Crew Member Dale Rockery swam ashore to retrieve the frightened pet from a...
Category: Articles