LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Day In London. The Prince of Wales's Tour of the Depots
LAST year the Prince of Wales, as President of the Institution, issued a special appeal through the Press, for a generous response. This year he took a still more intimate part in the Day by visiting a number of depots, and personally...
Category: Articles
Choice, of Hull
Early on the morning of the 21st May, the smack Choice, of Hull, drove from her anchor at the entrance of the harbour, and fired a gun.
as a signal of distress. The Scarborough life-boat was immediately launched, and took...
Mr. S. S. Jerrett, of New Brighton
MR. S. S. JERRETT, of Liverpool and New Brighton, who died on the 9th November last, at the age of seventy- four, was for over thirty years associ- ated with the Life-boat Station at New Brighton. The son of a sea-captain, he was connected...
Category: Obituaries
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston (R) Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee and Glyn Williams (I) Dos Wales Visited Members of Bridgend Ladies' Guild In October
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, and Glyn Williams (I.), DOS Wales, visited members of Bridgend ladies' guild in October. During the visit, Sir Peter Compston was presented with a cheque for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 16 November 1989, show that during 1989: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,695 times (an average of more than 12 launches a day) More than 1,257 lives were saved (an average of 4 people...
Category: Articles
Yarmouth's Arun Class Joy and John Wade Is Dwarfed By the Royal Yacht
Yarmouth's Arun class Joy and John Wade is dwarfed by the Royal Yacht as the lifeboat escorts Britannia through Her Majesty The Queen Mother's review of yachts in the Solent.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ex-Coxswain Richard Chadwick, of Flamborough
Ex-Coxswain Richard Chadwick, of Flamborough, who died on 28th Febru- ary, just before his seventieth birthday, served as an officer of the Flamborough life-boats for thirty-one years. From 1900 to 1911 he was second coxswain of the No. 2...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Boats and Gigs Robert Henry, Children's friend and Boy Willie
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—Early on the morning of the 21st January several fishing-boats left the harbour, and whilst they were in the bay the wind suddenly increased to a very heavy gale from the N.N.E., with a tremendous sea on the ridge. At...
Whitby: After Naming the White Rose of Yorkshire the Duchess of Kent Puts to Sea and Coxswain Robert Allen By Her Side (Below) Takes a Trick at the Wheel (Left) The
Whitby: After naming The White Rose of Yorkshire, the Duchess of Kent puts to sea and. Coxswain Robert Allen by her side, (below), takes a trick at the wheel. (Left) The White Rose of Yorkshire returns to harbour in company with Whitby... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 12.40 in the afternoon a boatman reported that two boys had gone out in a boat and been lost to sight. It was getting foggy, and anxiety was felt for their safety. A light southerly breeze was...