LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Motor Life-Boats at Walton and Clacton. Inaugural Ceremonies By H.R.H. Prince George, K.G.
Inaugural Ceremonies by H.R.H. Prince George, K.G.
H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE, K.G., named the new Motor Life-boats at Walton-on- the-Naze and Clacton-on-Sea on 25th July. These are the fourth and fifth Life-boats which Prince...
Category: Inaugurations
Albert H. Locke
WORTHING.—Signals of distress havingbeen shown on the morning of the 26th January by the brig Albert H. Locke, of Sunderland, bound from Seaham for Portsmonth, coal laden, which stranded about half a mile from Worthing, the Life-boat Henry...
My Hero!
Children's favourite Stormy Stan touched the hearts of these two little girls during a branch collection at South Mimms services on a sunny August weekend. Stan and the Sea Safety roadshow joined volunteers from Potters Bar, Enfield,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Price of Fish In London
To THE EDITOR OF THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.
SIR,—As so many of the gallant men who are ever ready to man the Life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION belong to the hardy fish- ing population of our coasts, I have...
Category: Correspondence
Super-Quality of Life-Boats
CRITICISMS have been expressed in recent years as to the great cost of the construction of the Institution's Life- boats. It would seem, from these, criticisms, that the public do not fully: understand either the nature of Life-boat{...
Category: Articles
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the annual meeting of the Committee, held on the 10th Jan., at the General Post Office, the Honorary Secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., reported that the Fund had experi- enced more than usual prosperity during the past year,...
Category: Meetings
Annual Report. 1902
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Wednesday, the 12th day of March, 1902, The Eight Hon. The EARL OF SELBORNE, P.O., First Lord of the...
Category: Annual Reports
London International Boat Show 1980
FOR THE FIRST TIME ever the RNLI had two different stands at Earls Court and for many of the thousands of visitors there was no doubt that the lifeboats were stars of the show. The spotlight fell on us time and again allowing us to give a...
Category: Articles
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for November and December 1997 and January and February 1998 Aberdeen, Grampian Arun; Nov 25, 28 and Feb 15 D Class; Feb 15 (Twice) Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Dec 7 Aberystwyth. Cardiganshire...
Category: Services
Idler
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.45 on the night of the 1st of August, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the sailing yacht Idler was in difficulties a mile off Burton Brad- stock, and at 10.0 the life-boat William and Clara Ryland left...