LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent and the Plymouth Crew
At the naming ceremony of the Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse. Behind the Duchess is the chief inspector of life-boats, Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N R. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Offshore Lifeboat Service December 1979 January and February 1980
February, 1980 Aldeburgh, Suffolk January 25 Amble, Northumberland January 25 Anstruther, Fife January 31 Arranmore, Co. Donegal December 17, 18, 28, 29 and January 25 Barrow, Cumbria January 13 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan February 17...
Category: Services
Cold can kill
In 1945 a committee was set up by the Admiralty to investigate the cause of loss of life after sinking in the last war, when it was estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 probably died after successfully abandoning ship. As a result of...
Category: Articles
Guillaume Anne Marie
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 11.55 on the morning of the 3rd of June, 1956, a message was received from Valentia radio station that the French trawler Guillaume Anne Marie with a crew of twelve had engine trouble six miles south-east of Skelligs...
Open All Hours...
The RNLI's Open Days on 23 and 24 July were more popular than in any previous year, with more visitors, more displays and more things to see than ever before. With free access to two separate sites accurate estimates of the numbers...
Category: Articles
Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum:
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum: forty-five sub-aqua diving pirates from Swindon took the plunge in style. They swam three and a half miles along the Thames, raising over £450 for the Institution.
The divers kept their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths.
MARCH 1988: Mr Tom Brown, honorary secretary of Ramsgate lifeboat station from 1974 until his retirement in 1979.
MAY 1988: Mrs Dorothy Smith, first...
Category: Obituaries
H.M. Destroyer Javelin
Redcar, Yorskhire.—22nd October, 1939. Information had been re- ceived through the coastguard from the senior naval officer at Newcastle that there had been a collision off Maske, one of the vessels being H.M.
Destroyer...
The Sailor Boy
HE rose at dawn, and, flushed with hope, Shot o'er the seething harbour-bar, And reached the ship and caught the rope, And whistled to the morning star.
And while on deck he whistled loud, He heard a fierce mermaiden...
Category: Poetry
A Working Scale Model of a Typical North West Durham Coal Mine Has Been Made By Mr J C Robinson Ofmedomsley the Model Which Is In Mr Robinson's Garden Took 15 Years to Build and Ev
A working, scale model of a typical north west Durham coal mine has been made by Mr J. C. Robinson ofMedomsley. The model, which is in Mr Robinson's garden, took 15 years to build and every unit works. With the help of seven assistants,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs