LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1930: The Innovative Sir William Hillary Is Launched For The First Time, At Dover, Kent
1930: the innovative Sir William Hillary is launched for the first time, at Dover, Kent Photo: Keystone View Co.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1932
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition was held this year for the twelfth time. The number of schools taking part in the competition was 2,249, as compared with 2,354 in 1931. The number of schools which took part in...
Category: Articles
An American Thunderjet Fighter (2)
Ramsgate, Walmer, and Dover, Kent.
—At 10.8 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1951, the Ramsgate coastguard telephoned to the Rams- gate life-boat station that an aeroplane, an American Thunderjet fighter, had...
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Pier rescue attempt THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER of Brighton Palace Pier, Graham Sweetman, was in his office at the shore end of the pier with his part-time colleague Payman Akhaveissy, an Iranian student, at 1615 on the afternoon of Sunday...
Seventeen Hours In Gale. Five Were Rescued from Yacht
A SERVICE carried out in a northeasterly gale and lasting 17 hours has led to the unusual award of the collective thanks of the Institution on vellum to the coxswain and crew of the Arranmore life-boat. The service was to the yacht Espanola...
Category: Services
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
AFFINITY WITH Royal Bank of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make.
Not...
Category: Advertisement
Appledore
The naming and blessing of Manchester and District No 32, the new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat to be stationed at Appledore. The ceremony took place on Friday February 7, 1986, in Manchester and the photograph shows (I) Mr Tom Booth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barrus
Mariner doesn't just promise reliability.
It proves it! It you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promises greater reliability as an...
Category: Advertisement
to Keep Pace With the Racing Boys a Running Commentary from Michael Bentine Who Like Many Other Well-Known Personalities Gave Wonderful Support to the Rnl1 In
. . . To keep pace with the racing boys, a running commentary from Michael Bentine, who, like many other well-known personalities, gave wonderful support to the RNL1 in 'The Year of the Lifeboat'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Amy II
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1950, the Gorleston coastguard passed on a message from the British ship Cornea. She had the Dutch yacht Amy II in tow, disabled by an...