LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
On Station The following lifeboats have taken up duty: All-weather Ballyglass - Severn 17-15 (ON 1235) Bryan and Gordon on 14 August Stromness-Severn 17-16 (ON1236) Violet Dorothy and Kathleen on 22 October Holyhead- Arun 52-37 Kenneth...
Category: Articles
On 9Th July, 1968, the Torbay Life-Boat Princess Alexandra of Kent,
On 9th July, 1968, the Torbay life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent, using radar, found a stranded ferry in dense fog and took off and landed 126 passengers and a dog in one go.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ceremonies
Anstruther - Mersey class Kingdom of Fife The picturesque Fife harbour of Anstruther basked in glorious sunshine on 29 May 1992 for the launch of the station's new lifeboat Kingdom of Fife by HRH The Duchess of...
Category: Inaugurations
Mr. Linton Thorp, K.C.
THE Committee of Management have lost a very active member by the sud- den death, on the 6th of July, at the age of 66, of Mr. Linton • Thorp, K.C., LL.B., J.P., Recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon, and at one time a judge in Egypt and...
Category: Obituaries
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1986 the RNLFs lifeboats launched 3,641 times (an average of over nine times each day) and saved 1,398 lives (an average of over three people rescued each day).
Over 44 per cent of all services carried...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats In Action
Two saved in harbour dramaFaced with the choice of a wait offshore for eight hours in gale force conditions or reaching dry Land quickly by a risky harbour entry, which would you choose? Decision time When a crew of two undertook a maiden...
Category: Services
on His Retirement Coxswain Thomas Knott Whose Service Is Recorded on Page 138 Was Presented With Two Paintings By Norfolk Artist Jason Partner (/ to R) Coxs
. . . On his retirement Coxswain Thomas Knott, whose service is recorded on page 138, was presented with two paintings by Norfolk artist Jason Partner. (/. to r.) Coxswain Peter Gibbons, Mrs Joan Knott, Tommy Knott, Lord Somerleyton,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Jon Jones.
while (left) Jon Jones. The Lifeboats Editorial Assistant dispenses ballooons between stints on the Information and Storm Force desks. Jon took a lot of the pictures on this page too, but he doesn't get a 'credit' as he works for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President— VICE-ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.R.S.
Chairman— THOMAS BARING, ESQ., M.P., V.P....
Category: Advertisement
Tribute to the Brave
Tribute to the brave The day of the annual presentation of awards at the Royal Festival Hall ends with an after-theatre supper at the Rubens Hotel for all the medallists and their families. Mrs Anne Wall has very generously made this...
Category: Articles