LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coronation Supplement. The Royal Family and the Life-Boat Service
WHEN the Life-boat Service was founded, at a meeting in the City of London, in 1824, King George IV became its Patron, and five of the royal dukes its vice-patrons—York, Clarence, Sussex, Cambridge and Gloucester.
So the...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies: Eastbourne and Islay
Naming Ceremonies EASTBOURNE, JULY 3 and ISLAY, JULY 28 Eastbourne IT SEEMED AS IF the whole population of Eastbourne, together with its holiday makers, had assembled round the lifeboat museum on the afternoon of Tuesday July 3. The occasion...
Category: Inaugurations
Eastbourne Life-Boat Approaching the Barge
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Category: Photographs
Although Wells on the Norfolk Coast Was the Last RNLI Station to Use Horses for Launching—That Was In 1934— Horses Are Still Used In Some Parts of the Netherlands
Although Wells, on the Norfolk coast, was the last R.N.L.I, station to use horses for launching—that was in 1934— horses are still used in some parts of the Netherlands. Here the Ameland life-boat, because of difficult coastal conditions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer
On the evening of the 31st December, 1931, prolonged blasts on a steamer's whistle were heard. There was fog and it was assumed that a vessel had run aground, either on the Smethwick Sands or under the South Cliffs. The No. 2 Pulling and...
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Organisers and VIPs celebrate the third successful 'On the crest of a wave1 concert held at Ennts.
Co. Clare on 16 April 2001. Internationally acclaimed musician Phil Coulter (fourth leftl again topped the Dill helping... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline
SHORELINE has been growing at a fantastic rate recently, thanks to your support.
First there was the competition announced in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT, the prize for which was a BMW Series 7 motor car generously...
Category: Articles
The Asangyo
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 9.20 in the evening of the 23rd of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a motor launch, heading south, had fired red Very lights and was flying the pilot flag. At 9.48 it was reported that she was firing...
The Wreck of the "Schiller."
ON Friday, the 7th May last, occurred another of those fearful calamities which, like the foundering of the London and the Northfleet, ever and anon startle the whole British community, and serve to remind us of the uncertainty and...
Category: Articles