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
Nor' Wester, of Boston U.S
On the 20th April, the ship Nor" Wester, of Boston, U.S., with a crew of 24 men, bound from Cardiff to Monte Video with a cargo of coals, was passing this place in tow of a powerful steam-tug, when the wind sud- denly shifting from S.S...
Special Committee Meeting. 19th March
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read the following Report of the Chief In- spector and District Inspector of Life-boats on their inquiries into the circumstances attending the accidents to the...
Category: Committee
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1858, Vice-Admiral the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, KG., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the...
Category: Annual Reports
The Countess of Dartmouth Being Presented With An Evening Stole, Hand-Knitted By Mr. George Welburn, Coxswain of Bridlington Life-Boat
The Countess of Dartmouth being presented with an evening stole, hand-knitted by Mr. George Welburn, coxswain of Bridlington life-boat. The presentation was made during the annual fashion show organized by the Bridlington branch of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crowds Thronged the Harbourside at Dingle to Watch Valentia's Arun Put on a Winching Exercise As Part of a Display Organised By the Irish Marine Emergency Ser
Crowds thronged the harbourside at Dingle to watch Valentia's Arun put on a winching exercise as part of a display organised by the Irish Marine Emergency Service.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs a Smart,
Mrs A Smart, Biddenden, Headcorn and district branch founder member and honorary secretary from 1985 until her death. She had worked for the RNLI for over 35 years in several branches in the following capacities: Crouch End branch LBWO/PRO...
Category: Obituaries
Rescue of Four Swimmers
ON the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1957, a number of people, children as well as adults, were bathing in the sea off Barmouth beach. About three o'clock somebody raised the alarm that a swimmer was in difficulties, and a local...
Category: Services
List of Gifts and Bequests Having Special Conditions Attached to Them Appropriated By the Committee In 1900
Name of Donor or Testator. The late Mr. George Wooflndin
Amount of Gift or Legacy. 630
Date received. 1895
Object. For a George Woofndin Life-boat
How carried out....
Category: Donations
Armistice Day, 1931
LAST year, for the first time, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat was unable to take part in the Armistice Day Service on llth November. She was called out on service at 1.30 in the morning, and did not return for twelve hours.* In...
Category: Articles