LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 20th November, 1930.
SIR GODFREY BARING, BT., in the Chair.
Passed Votes of Thanks to H.M. the KING and QUEEN, H.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., and H.R.H. the PRINCESS LOUISE, DUCHESS OF...
Category: Committee
The French Life-Boat Service
By M. GRANJON de LEPINEY, Administrates Delegue.
[The footnotes are by the Editor of " The Life-Boat"] THE Central Society for Saving the Ship- wrecked * was founded in 1865 in the following circumstances. The...
Category: Articles
Kommander Svend Foyn
RAMSGATE.—At 3.45 P.M. on 29th November, in answer to signals from the North Goodwin Light-vessel, the Life-boat Bradford was towed out of the harbour by the steam-tug Aid. A strong N.W.
gale was blowing at the time,...
Hannah Denham
IN April, 1926, the Institution awarded its gold badge, given only for dis- tinguished honorary services, to Miss Hannah Denham. She had then been for many years a bed-ridden cripple in the incurable ward at the Westminster Hospital. She was...
Category: Obituaries
Princess May
At 6 A.M. on the 4th February a telephone message was received stating that a ship was burning flares as a signal of distress close to the headland. With all haste the No. 2 Life-boat Matthew Middleuood was launched and proceeded to her.<...
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DEC. 3RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT. Flares had been reported by the coastguard, but nothing could he found. - Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..
A Prototype of a New Life-Boat on Which the R.N.L.I, Has Been Working for More Than Two Years Was Shown to the Press at Messrs. William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton on 19Th April, 1971.
A prototype of a new life-boat on which the R.N.L.I, has been working for more than two years was shown to the press at Messrs. William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton on 19th April, 1971. The new boat (shown here) is a selfrighter,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tvs 'Coast to Coast' Presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts
TVS 'Coast to Coast' presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts show that two hands are better than one when it comes to negotiating a 'nerve tester'. Khalid Aziz had opened a fete at Overton Primary School on June 25 which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Could your old gadget help save lives?
Are you planning a Spring clean? By recycling your unwanted items you can help the environment and raise money for the RNLI – The Recycling Factory (TRF) has now raised over £600,000 with the help of supporters like...
Category: Articles
The Seaham Disaster
At 3.55 on the afternoon of 17th November, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Seaham life-boat station, Captain R. Hudson, was informed by the coast- guard that, according to a report from a local fisherman, a small boat was still out and...
Category: Articles