LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Owers Lightvessel
Selsey, Sussex. At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 30th November, 1961, the honorary secretary received a request from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Cowes, for the life- boat to take off a sick man from the Owers lightvessel as soon as...
Hod o' the Wind
SLOOP AGROUND Skegness, Lincolnshire, and Wells, Norfolk. At 10.40 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the Skegness honorary secretary that the sloop Hod o' the Wind was overdue on passage from Boston Ham to Gibralter Point...
A Boat (3)
NOVEMBER 10TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
Just before seven in the evening a message was received from the representative of a salvage company which was engaged in breaking up the wreck of the S.S. Marie Chandris, off Amsterdam...
Frank Picks the Winners
On 29 January Frank Bruno and Sooty drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 84th lottery. The two celebrities were starring in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton - Frank as the Grand Ringmaster and Sooty... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Building Where the Institution Was Founded
London Tavern, 123, Bishopsgate Street Within.
This famous Tavern was built in 1765, and finally closed in 1876, when it was sold to the Royal Bank of Scotland. It is t h u s described by Wheatley in his " London Past...
Category: Drawings
RNLI Family: The life of the charity
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
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Shirley recognised at Trearddur Bay
Shirley Rogerson, awarded the British Empire Medal in HM The...
Category: Articles
The Arklow Lightvessel
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 6.25 on the evening of the 25th of January, 1955, the Commissioners of Irish Lights tele- phoned that a relative of a member of the crew of the Arklow lightvessel was seriously ill, and asked if the life-boat would...
The Spanish Ship Uribitate
INJURED SPANIARD Scarborough, Yorkshire. At n a.m.
on 8th October, 1963, a message was received from the coastguard stating that a man was seriously ill aboard the Spanish ship Uribitate, of Bilbao, and needed a doctor. The...
The Sailing Barge Melissa
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 12.33 A.M. on the 3rd January, 1938, flares were seen in the bay, and at 12.50 A.M.
the motor life-boat Prudential put out to investigate. A moderate E.N.E.gale was blowing, with a rough...
The Modern Lifeboat Exhibition
SCIENCE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON FEBRUARY 21-APRIL 21 OPEN: WEEKDAYS, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
SUNDAYS, 2.30 p.m.-6 p.m.
FOR TWO MONTHS in the spring of its 'Year of the Lifeboat' the RNLI is staging an...
Category: Articles