LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Arbroath, Angus. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of February, 1960, the fishing boat White Rose, which was returning from the fishing grounds, was seen by the coxswain to be off the harbour bar in a confused sea.

A cheese and wine party organised by South London District Office together with Eltham ladies' guild at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, last November, made a profit of £905. The photograph shows part of the abundant raffle and... - View image in PDF

Lt Cdr John Lunch, Vice President of the RNLI proposes the vote of thanks to HRH the Duchess of Kent.. - View image in PDF

Turning turf into money If your branch has a small racecourse in its territory it can be a money spinner.

I say small because our branch also has a large course within its boundaries, but as a fund raising area it is dead...

OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of...

NEWSPOINT At this year's Annual General Meeting in London, reported elsewhere in this issue the Institution's Chairman, Sir Michael Vernon, reported yet another record year for lifeboat launches in the previous year - a report that...

The naming ceremony for the new D class lifeboat was held outside the inshore boathouse despite overcast conditions and the forecast of heavy rain.. - View image in PDF

BOAT OWNERS were told the truth about salvage claims by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., at the annual meeting of the Institution at Central Hall, Westminster, on 9th April, 1967. He said it...