LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Handy, of Wexford
The schooner Handy, of Wexford, bound from Ayr for that port with coals, struck on the Black- water Bank on the evening of the 10th January, during a thick fog, and sprung a leak, when she made for the shore at Cahore, where she subsequently...
RNLI News
NEWSPOINT What would Sir William Hillary have thought about the day when Rye Harbour lifeboat rescued 29 children and adults from inflatable toys on a hot summer's day earlier this year (see Lifeboat Services)? When he founded the RNLI...
Category: Articles
Descendants of Lukin and Hillary
THE records of Life-boat families which have been appearing in The Lifeboat show how strong a part the influence of heredity plays in the manning of the Institution's boats. It is of interest, too, to record that the new Honorary...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.20 P.M.
* on the 14th October, 1939, the coastguard reported that the Shambles Lightship had fired guns and rockets.
A strong E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain. At 10...
Captain Elwin Sharples
Captain Elwin Sharples Weston-super-Mare treasurer, on 2 March.
Category: Obituaries
John Ardus,
June John Ardus, Hoylake lifeboat station honorary secretary between 1985 and 1997. John was deputy launching authority at Hoylake between 1983 and 1985 and was awarded binoculars in 1995..
Category: Obituaries
(Below) Fig 5: Propeller Tunnel Flattens Out to Forward End Return Chock (Right) Note Drainage Hole Just Aft of Chock
(Below) Fig. 5: Propeller tunnel flattens out to forward end return chock (right). Note drainage hole just aft of chock.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Maggie May (Pinnie) Howells MBE
November 1995 Mrs Maggie May (Pinnie) Howells MBE, a founder member of Tenby ladies' lifeboat guild. In 1939 she was chairman of the guild and later president from 1975 to 1994. Mrs Howells was awarded a statuette in 1987 and received a...
Category: Obituaries
Services of the Freemasons' Albert Edward Life-Boat
IT will be remembered that at a special meeting of Grand Lodge, held more than a year ago, it was decided that the sum of 4,000?. should be voted to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, for the purpose of founding two Life-boat Stations...
Category: Services
Life support
Their fundraising roots lie in the 19th century, but today’s branches continue to attract new members and raise millions of pounds. How do they do it?
From the first Lifeboat Saturday street...
Category: Articles