LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sir Peter De La Billiere (Extreme Right) Presents the Silk Cut National Rescue Award to Peter Bisson (Right of Group) and Members of the St.Peter Port Lifeboat Cre
Sir Peter de la Billiere (extreme right) presents the Silk Cut National Rescue Award to Peter Bisson (right of group) and members of the St Peter Port lifeboat crew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming the Life-Boat
IN previous issues of this Journal * the building and testing of a Life-boat have been described, and it is proposed in this and ensuing articles to give some account of the further life history of the boat.
The boat being...
Category: Articles
At Informal Gathering of Delegates Mr Mikko Mannio Finland Presents Cut-Glass Bowl and Flag to Commander Swann on Table Scroll Prepared By French Delegation
At informal gathering of delegates, Mr Mikko Mannio, Finland, presents cut-glass bowl and flag to Commander Swann. On table, scroll prepared by French delegation on behalf of many of the world's lifeboat services, and 100-year-old copper... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Almost Twenty Years of Arun Development the Prototype Arun (1971) Shows the High Freeboard and Original Wheelhouse While the Final Boat Duke of Atholl
Almost twenty years of Arun development. The prototype Arun (1971) shows the high freeboard and original wheelhouse. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Pot Plants Prepare to Meet Their Doom and the Lifeboat Crew Prepare to Abandon Ship As Norman Begins to Founder
The pot plants prepare to meet their doom and the lifeboat crew prepare to abandon ship as Norman begins to founder. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some of the Tank Test Models for the New Fast Slipway Boat Were Converted for Freerunning, Radio Controlled Handling and Manoeuvrability Trials
Some of the tank test models for the new Fast Slipway Boat were converted for freerunning, radio controlled handling and manoeuvrability trials. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captain Howard Rowley, R.N.
ALL who were connected with the Lifeboat Service twenty years ago will have heard with regret of the death, on the 4th -of April, of Captain Howard Fiennes Julius Rowley, C.B.E., R.N.
He was in his eightieth year, and it...
Category: Obituaries
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Fowey (Cornwall), Weymouth (Dorset), Thurso (Caithness), and Stornoway (Island of Lewis) DURING September four new Motor Life-boats were formally inaugurated, those at Fowey, Weymouth, Thurso and Stornoway. Thus, with the South- end-on-Sea...
Category: Inaugurations
A Sponsored Silence Organised By Skegness Ladies' Guild Was Undertaken By 72 Local Children and Raised £534 the First Three Prize Winners Michelle Hilton Emma
A sponsored silence, organised by Skegness ladies' guild, was undertaken by 72 local children and raised £534. The first three prize winners, Michelle Hilton, Emma Ruston and Wendy Balderson, between them raised £68. They were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When God Comes Home from Sea
The life-boat skims the waters, the moon sails down the sky, The angry wind is blowing and the waves are mounting high; A line of clouds are floating above the ocean's breast, And every geabird falters with a feeling of...
Category: Poetry