LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Honorary Workers
The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum.
The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been awarded to : Mr. J. G. McMoRRis, on his retirement after 24 years as honorary secretary of the Portrush...
Category: Awards
Sgumain
YACHT TOWED IN WITH GALE IMMINENT Exmouth, Devon. At 11.30 on the night of the 25th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had an auxiliary yacht under observation whose engine had broken down off Sidmouth beach....
1886: the Wreck of the Mexico By Frank Kilroy
ON THE NIGHT of December 9, 1886, the German barque Mexico, bound from Liverpool for Guayaquil, Ecuador, with a general cargo and a crew of 12, was wrecked in the Ribble Estuary on the north west coast of England.
Three...
Category: Articles
New Life-Boats Named
THREE new life-boats were named in July, 1958. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, agreed to name two of them and her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, named the third. The life-boats which were to be named by the...
Category: Inaugurations
New Life-Boats
ABERDOVEY, MERIONETHSHIRE ; ABER- SOCH, CARNARVONSHIRE ; ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE ; GHIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE ; LITTLEHAMPTON, SUSSEX ; RLIOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY ; SIIOREHAM, SUSSEX ; ST.
AGNES, SCILLY ISLANDS ; SOUTHEND, CAXTYRE ;...
Category: Inaugurations
Health & Home
The Anatomical Mattress Topper used in hospitals and nursing homes is now available to give you improved sleep and comfort at home! SUPERIOR QUALITY, BRITISH MADE ANATOMICAL MATTRESS TOPPERS AND PILLOWS GIVE COMFORT, WARMTH AND RELIEF TO ALL...
Category: Advertisement
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Newquay, Cornwall
FOE the second time within two years Newquay has been fortunate enough to receive a Royal visit, and has thus been the means of illustrating the deep interest taken by our kingly Patron in the national service which it is the privilege of...
Category: Articles
A Fine Action Study of an IRB from Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorgan, and (left) Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands Chatting with IRB Crews During a Visit to the College Last Year
A fine action study of an IRB from Atlantic College, St. Donat's Castle, Glamorgan, and (left) Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands chatting with IRB crews during a visit to the College last year.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eastbourne: (Top) All the World and His Wife Came to Wish the New Rother Lifeboat Well (Above) the Moment of Naming (Left) Lisa Buckland Presents a Model of The
Eastbourne: (top) All the world and his wife came to wish the new Rother lifeboat well, (above) The moment of naming, (left) Lisa Buckland presents a model of The Duke of Kent to His Royal Highness.
photographs by courtesy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1977: Some of the Present Ilb Crew and Branch Members With Their Training Board: (I to R) Jim Graham Dla Senior Helmsman Colin Akitt Crew Members Derek Wi
1977: Some of the present ILB crew and branch members with their training board: (I. to r.) Jim Graham, DLA, Senior Helmsman Colin Akitt, Crew Members Derek Wilson, Robert Bell, Dick Jordan and George Ritchie, and George Egdell, honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs