LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Francis Le Boulanger, The Mumbles
Mr. Francis le Boulanger, of the Mumbles, Glamorganshire, who died on 18th April of this year, at the age of seventy-seven, had been the honorary secretary of the life-boat station for thirty-seven years. During that time its life-boats had...
Category: Obituaries
The Admiralty Minesweeping Trawler New Comet
NOVEMBER 2 3RD. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.5 P.M. a telephone message came from the Tynemouth coastguard, asking for the crew to stand by.
A few minutes later the life-boat was directed to go to a position one and...
In a Heavy Sea Off the Longships
The " Mona " of Antwerp, on October 27th, 1928. Her cargo of coal had shifted and she had heavy list. The Peniee Motor Life-boat stood by until she got into Mount's Bay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Executive Committee of the Rnli Meeting In the Old Committee Room at 42 Grosvenor Gardens London Where the Lifeboat Service Has Had Its Headquarters Since
The Executive Committee of the RNLI meeting in the old committee room at 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, where the lifeboat service has had its headquarters since the early 1930's. Fairly shortly the RNLI will be controlled from its new... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Effective Fund Raisers the Ladies of Walton
Effective fund raisers in front of their effective fund-raising vehicle.
The ladies of Walton and Frinton guild raised over £900 during lifeboat week selling souvenirs from this caravan which thev purchased themselves.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lifeboat Service—Past and Present
Years Ago The following is an extract from the speech by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt (Chairman of the RNLI, 1923-56) at the 1935 Annual General Meeting and reported in THE LIFEBOAT of June 1935.
and then had to go on to New...
Category: Articles
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., Speaking at the Mermaid Ball Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, In December, When a Cheque Was Presented for Over £51,000 By the Royal Briti
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., speaking at the Mermaid Ball dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, in December, when a cheque was presented for over £51,000 by the Royal British Legion for the Solent class life-boat The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Marlborough Club of Didcot have adopted the RNLI as the charity they wish to help in 1987
The Marlborough Club of Didcot have adopted the RNLI as the charity they wish to help in 1987 and plan to raise £3,000. To help them on their way they held a 25 mile sponsored cycle ride in fancy dress and raised £1*425.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition
THE third year of the Essay Competition has brought a number of interesting and very readable essays, and although scarcely up to the excellent standard of the first two years, it can be said that only in a few cases did they fail to show an...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service In Ireland
Organising Secretary for Ireland VERY few people who are not associ- ated with the Life-boat Service seem to know that the life-boats on the coasts of Eire are controlled by the Royal National Life-boat Institution, and that as far as the...
Category: Articles