LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Xtra Help for Penarth
A newly opened branch of Halifax Estate Agency in Penarth pledged £10 to Penarth lifeboat station for each of the first 25 houses placed with the office on a sole agency.
Manageress Estelle Pemberton is pictured at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douglas, Isle of Man - Ireland Division
Douglas, home of Sir William Hillary the founder of the RNLI, was one of the earliest places in the British Isles to be provided with a lifeboat. Hillary witnessed many shipwrecks there and established the lifeboat stations, himself helping... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Chelsea Pensioner at Chiswick
The second Thames E class lifeboat was named at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. It was funded by Dr Patricia Baguley, but has been named Chelsea Pensioners recognition of the valuable support the In- Pensioners have given to the RNLI over more... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Argound and Holed
Howth’s Trent class lifeboat Roy Barker III was called out on 10 September when a large powerboat ran aground just off Lambay Island.
At the rocky scene, the lifeboat crew launched their daughter XP boat to get in closer...
Category: Articles
In This Issue.
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 Rescues from around the country including a Silver Medal service Looking to the Future 14 Andrew Freemantle, RNLI Director, reports on the outcome of the 'Vision...
Category: Contents
Dijon and Peebles
January storm BRONZE MEDALS AT 1137 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 the Blackpool station honorary secretary, Mr Rowland Darbyshire was alerted by Liverpool Coastguard MRSC that a small vessel had fired red flares 11/4 miles north north west...
Chalk and Cheese...
Travel the length and breadth of the Irish coastline and you will be greeted in almost every harbour of any size by the familiar blue-andorange livery of RNLI lifeboats.
At first this may come as no surprise, but between...
Category: Articles
Fig 3: the Twin General Motors 8V-71 Marine Diesel
Fig. 3: The twin General Motors 8V-71 marine diesel engines, having completed bench trials, are ready to be lifted into the lifeboat's engine room.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
After the Ceremony: Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet Talks With Richard Evans
After the ceremony: Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hez/et talks with Richard Evans, former coxswain of Moelfre lifeboat, and Coxswain Jimmy Stewart of Portrush.. - View image in PDF
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Tilbury Tubbies' (With One 'Tubby' Sitting In the Tub) of Tilbury Construction Ltd Convey Island
'Tilbury Tubbies' (with one 'Tubby' sitting in the tub), of Tilbury Construction Ltd, Convey Island, raised £157.50 for the lifeboat service in a charily bath pull along Southend sea front.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs