LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nyria and the Wherry Silver Cloud
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 8.5 in the morn- ing of the 3rd of December, 1949, the pier shore attandant reported that a boat in which a man was waving ap- peared to be in difficulties in Pegwell Bay. The life-boat Prudential left her moorings at 8.15...
The Littlehampton, Sussex, Irb Blue Peter
The Littlehampton, Sussex, IRB Blue Peter I, alongside a naval torpedo recovery boat after a gas explosion aboard the vessel on 25th May, 1970. A naval mechanic was badly burned.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
How the Cornish Lifeboat Appeal Was Launched
EARLY in 1972 the Committee of Management of the RNLI decided to try to raise an extra £50,000 net in Cornwall to complete the total bill for the new Sennen and Falmouth boats.
Commander L. F. L. Hill, RD, RNR, Staff...
Category: Articles
(Above) the 47Ft Tyne Class Lifeboat Arriving
(Above) The 47ft Tyne class lifeboat arriving to go on display at Earls Court. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Part of the Systems Information Management
Part of the Systems Information Management System (SIMS) Photo: Nigel Millard. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gifts for the "Guide of Dunkirk"
The Durban Rangers and Guides sent to the crew of the Cadgwith lifeboat "Guide of Dunkirk" a big Christmas parcel with puddings, chocolate, sweets, preserves, dried fruits, soap, shaving brushes, razor blades, tooth-brushes,...
Category: Articles
Another Safety First for the Rnli:
Another safety first for the RNLI: The 52ft Arun which will soon be going on station at Fishguard is the first lifeboat to be fitted with a radar scanner which has been made watertight. During her righting trials at Cowes on May 5, the Arun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Panamanian-Registered Ship Secil Japan (1)
Lifeboats stand-by stranded cargo vessel in severe weatherThe chairman of the RNLI has written a letter of thanks to the coxswains and crews of the Padstow and St Ives lifeboats following a very difficult operation in storm-force winds.At...
The Bulk Cement Carrier BC Mercurius
Tow passed to coaster 400 yards from rock-bound lee shore Kirkwall - Scotland North Division Coxswain Captain William Sinclair, of Kirkwall lifeboat in the Orkneys, has been awarded a bar to his Bronze medal for a service in which the...
The Princess Royal at Runswick. Inaugural Ceremony of "Robert Patton—The Always Ready."
Inaugural Ceremony of " Robert Patton—The Always Ready." H.R.H. The Princess Royal named the new motor life-boat at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire, on 20th September, in the presence of over 5,000 people from all parts of Yorkshire.<...
Category: Inaugurations