LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Service In 1951
THERE were fewer launches of life- boats in 1951 than in 1950, and fewer lives were rescued, but it was a year of outstanding gallantry, and more than twice as many medals were won, two silver and eight bronze. They were won by coxswains,...
Category: Articles
The Lucky Dip By Joyce Dunford
EDINBURGH'S PERMANENT LIFEBOAT SHOP, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN 'IN BUSINESS' FOR TEN YEARS by Joyce Dunford MANY ARE THE WAYS of raising money for the RNLI, but one of the most unusual is the Edinburgh shop, rightly named 'The Lucky...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—At about 11 P.M. on the 27th May the large fishing-boat Brothers Gem stranded on the rocks about half a mile to the N.E.
of Arbroath Harbour, and cries for help could be heard from the...
Category: Services
The Late Commander Stopford C. Douglas, R.N.
IT is with very great regret that we announce the death of Commander Stopford Cyril Douglas, R.N., who had been Deputy Chief Inspector of Lifeboats for the past eight years. He had been ill for several months, had undergone two operations,...
Category: Obituaries
A Rough Passage. The Journey of the St. Ives Motor Life-Boat to Her Station
The Jonrney of the St. Ives Motor Life-boat to her Station.
By LIEUT.-COMMANDER H. L. WHEELER, R.N., Southern District Inspector.
WE left Cowes for St. Ives, Cornwall, at noon on the 18th March. On board...
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Doveton Sturdee, BT., on Board the French Life-Boat
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee Bt On Board The French Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Prince of Wales Going on Board the Yarmouth Motor Life-Boat
The Prince of Wales Going On Board The Yarmouth Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hauling the Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Along the Shore Preparatory to Launching
Hauling The Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Along The Shore Preparatory To Launching. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Perils of Working Below the High Water Mark at Sennen Cove.
The perils of working below the high water mark at Sennen Cove.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Enjoy the Views from the Sweeping Curved Terraces of Oriana's Stern
Enjoy the views from the sweeping curved terraces of Oriana's stern. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs