LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Life-Boat Achievement
THE splendid services carried out by the crew of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat Henry Vernon, on the occasion of the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla off Whitby, in 1914, are probably still fresh in the memory of our readers, and the fine...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 8th October, 1903.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Coxswain John Gill
COXSWAIN JOHN GILL, of Galway Bay, who served as bowman from 1932 to 1933, second coxswain from 1933 to 1938 and coxswain from 1938 to 1943, was awarded the bronze medal in 1938 for the rescue of eleven men when the steam trawler Nogi went...
Category: Obituaries
Two Cheque Boost
While the prototype FAB 3 was paying a visit to Castletown Harbour on the Isle of Man in August the event was marked by the presentation of two cheques to the RNLI.
Stephen Foulkes (right in the picture) presented £500... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The R.N.L.I Looks Ahead
For the first time in its history the annual meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, when the Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., referred to the decisions...
Category: Meetings
A Remarkable Life-Boat Launch
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 120 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 56 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1933 .... 63,450 A Remarkable Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Make lifesaving cupcakes!
Everyone loves a cupcake, and selling a tasty treat in aid of the RNLI has always been a popular way of raising funds. We asked TV chefs The Hairy Bikers for a recipe that isn’t too stodgy (we all need room for a mince pie or...
Category: Articles
96th Lifeboat Lottery
George Duffy, Ian Sheridan, David Howard and Aaron Howard from Howth lifeboat station and Paul Gamble from Fowey were invited to pick the winning tickets in the 96th Lifeboat Lottery. The five crew members, accompanied by Darren Scully,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Postscript (From Page 119)
the final fruition of this modern policy.
I recall a conversation I had with Cunninghame-Graham in the early days of my lifeboat career, when he said, 'It is not small boats, as at present, stationed in the bights, but...
Category: Articles
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