LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
His Majesty King George VI
BY the death on the 6th of February, of His Majesty King George VI, the Life-boat Service lost not only a beloved Sovereign but its own Patron.
He had carried on the tradition of over a century and a quarter that the...
Category: Obituaries
A R.A.F. Aeroplane (2)
OC T . 2 3 RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The life-boat station was informed that a R.A.F. aeroplane had failed to report and had last been seen thirty miles east of Wick. The motor life-boat was launched at 3.20 P.M. Two...
Britannia Rescue
.-' We've been voted 'Road Rescue Best Buy1 for the 4th time in a row by the UK's leading consumer testing magazine, that's just one of the reasons why the RNLI has made us their official membership motoring scheme for...
Category: Advertisement
Faith Star, Galilee, Provider A, Success, Lead Us and Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather deteriorated while six local fishing boats were still at sea, and it was decided that the no. 1 life-boat should launch to escort them into the harbour. At 10.54 the...
Lining Up for Cash
Line dancers from Quin in the Republic of Ireland, donned lifeboat clobber and strutted their stuff in July to raise cash for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 8th October, 1903.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
The Last Survivor
JOHN HUBBARD, of Caister, who died on the 24th February, was the last sur- vivor of the crew of the Caister pulling and sailing life-boat which was driven back on the breakers on Caister beach, when on her way to a ship in distress, in a...
Category: Obituaries
Innovation recognised
The RNLI Engineering Department is the winner of the inaugural Maritime Safety Award from the Royal Institute of Naval Architects and Lloyd’s Register.
The award recognises the ‘innovation and technical excellence’ of our...
Category: Articles
Three Brothers, Victory Rose,Gem,Lead Us, Pilot Me,Faith Star,Venus,Galilee
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 21st of May, 1955, the local fishing fleet was at sea when the weather worsened, and at eight o'clock the No. 1 life-boat J. W. Archer, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with an...
(Right) Atlantic 21 Mike Pennell Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (Eastern) at the Controls
(right) Atlantic 21, Mike Pennell, divisional inspector of lifeboats (eastern) at the controls.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs