LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Torbay, Devon - At 12.20 a.m. on I4th May, 1967, it was reported that a car had been seen to run over the headland close to the look-out. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings, with the small boarding boat in tow, at...

Life-boat 70-001 - At 6.25 p.m. on 28th August, 1966, three boys were reported stranded on some rocks north of Hartland quay. The 7O-foot life-boat Charles H.

Barrett (Civil Service No. 55) proceeded at 6.30 in a south...

JUNE 14TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.

A light, thought to be a distress signal, had been seen, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 4s. 9d..

Selling gifts and souvenirs is an excellent way of raising both funds and the profile of the lifeboat service. RNLI (Sales) provides a range of products for the wide variety of shops and events run by volunteers. In 2001 its turnover was...

IMPERIAL PUBLISHING LTD Imperial Publishing Limited are very pleased to offer an exclusive opportunity to purchase a framed reproduction set of previously unissued cigarette cards depicting "The Story of the Lifeboat." These cards...

At the annual presentation of awards last May Coxswain William Jones of Holyhead and Second Coxswain Victor Pitman of Weymouth both received silver medals for gallantry and Second Coxswain Keith Bower a gold medal; all were for services...

A lifeboat queen . ..: 16-year-old Jane Wilson was crowned by Ronnie Hilton at Flamborough ladies' guild gala in July. With her are three of her attendants, Pat Wilkinson and Bridget and Andrea Waud; the fourth attendant, Stephanie... - View image in PDF

(continued from page 51} shipping industry could well appreciate the financial problems of the RNLI and the hard decisions which it has had to face. The shipping industry knows all about inflation and the desperately serious problems which...