LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The 46Ft 9In Watson Lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on Her Last
The 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Sir Samuel Kelly on her last journey from Bangor Shipyard last summer to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Bangor Road, Holywood. Sir Samuel Kelly was stationed at Donaghadee from 1950 to 1976 when she... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Resolven
On the 9th February, while a strong gale was blowing from W.S.W., the s.s. Resolven, of Cardiff, 1,032 tons register, bound from North Shields for Lisbon with coal, stranded on the Barber Sand. The No. 2 Life-boat Beauchamp proceeded to her,...
(Above) the Duchess of Kent
(Above) The Duchess of Kent was among those who took part in the handing over and dedication of Si Mary's new 52ft Arun Robert Edgar.. - View image in PDF
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The Sonja
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 2.10 P.M. on the 5th October, 1939, the Southend coastguard reported that a vessel had stranded on the Skerryvore Reef, Machrihanish. It was thought that the services of a tug might beneeded, and the tug...
Left: the Ladies of Haywards Heath at the Dickens Evening
Left: The ladies of Haywards Heath at the Dickens evening.. - View image in PDF
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Above: Some of the Volunteers at the Station
Above: Some of the volunteers at the station. - View image in PDF
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Tilda
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.32 on the early morning of the 27th of November, 1950, the Lade coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground half a mile west of Jury's Gap. At 12.42 the life- boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched in a...
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
Members of the Slough Branch of the RNLI Looking at Slough Parks Department's Floral Tribute on the 50th Anniversary of Organised Collections for the Life-Boat Service In
Members of the Slough branch of the R.N.L.I, looking at Slough parks department's floral tribute on the 50th anniversary of organised collections for the life-boat service in Slough. In the photograph are (left to right) Mr. R. N. Parks,... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Harry R. Jones
Troon, Ayrshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 5th of January, 1961, the harbour master at Ardrossan informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Harry R. Jones of Wilmington, U.S.A.. on tow from the Clyde to Troon had parted the...