LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St.Helier: (Right) the Crew of the 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat Thomas James King for the Service on September 3 1983 to the French Yacht
St Helier: (right) The crew of the 44ft Waveney lifeboat Thomas James King for the service on September 3, 1983, to the French yacht Cythara: (I to r) Crew Members William Hibbs and John Gray, Coxswain Michael Berry, who was awarded a bar to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Whilst reading the winter 1999/00 issue of the lifeboat, I came across the piece about the refurbished lifeboat Queen Victoria which was said to be thought as the oldest RNLI lifeboat in existence.
It is not the oldest boat...
Category: Correspondence
Pull Out
Pull out RNLI AGM and APA An invitation to all supporters It has been another busy year for the RNLI. Supporters can re? ect on the events of 2007 at the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Presentation of Awards (APA) at the...
Category: Articles
An Inflatable Boarding Craft from HMS Lindisfarne
Vital illumination JUST AFTER 1900 on the evening of Wednesday February 12, 1986, Douglas, Isle of Man, lifeboat station's deputy launching authority was telephoned by Ramsey coastguard. An accident had happened close to Douglas...
Around the Coast and Inland
Porthcawl On Saturday September 3, 1983, Porthcawl lifeboat station held the handing over ceremony and service of dedication for its new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided by Mrs Joan Middleton in memory of her husband, Donald Rigley...
Category: Articles
Books
BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...
Category: Articles
Mr David F Aubrey Honorary Secretary of the Port Talbot Ilb Station Writes: "The Mayor on December 8 1972 Invited the Crew for Tea In His Parlour
Mr David F. Aubrey, honorary secretary of the Port Talbot ILB station, writes: "The Mayor on December 8, 1972, invited the crew for tea in his parlour, and during the afternoon lie agreed to sign up for Shoreline and gave the project... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sidelights on Stations
Alarmed to see a boat which ap- peared to be in difficulties in heavy seas on I4th April, a public-spirited Blackpool shopkeeper reported the news to the life-boat station. Raising his binoculars to scan the sea, the boat- house attendant...
Category: Articles
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-first Annual Meeting of this national charity, incorporated by Act of Parliament, and supported by voluntary contributions, to assist destitute persons cast away upon our coasts, was held on the 25th May last at Burdett Hall, Lime...
Category: Meetings
Coxswain R. M. Evans, of Moelfre, and Lt.-Comdr. H. H. Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R. Inspector of Life-Boats for the North West
Coxswain R. M. Evans, of Moelfre, and Lt-Comdr. H. H.
Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., inspector of life-boats for the north west, pictured in London just before they received their medals from Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs