LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Local Fishing Boat Lady Betty
OCTOBER 19TH.. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
About one o’clock in the afternoon, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Lady Betty, with only one man on board, had broken down and was drifting out to sea towards the...
The Russian Cargo Vessel Jushnij Bug
RUSSIAN VESSEL At 9.50 a.m. on I4th October, 1964, a shipping agency in Hull telephoned the coxswain superintendent saying that a woman aboard the Russian cargo vessel Jushnij Bug was severely ill and needed medical attention. At 10.30 the...
The Life-Boat Service 100 Years Ago. Case of the "Venus" Steam Packet
" AT 9 P.M. on the 18th of March, 1828, the boat belonging to the Venus Steam Packet, of Glasgow, William Brown, Commander, landed at Glynn, in the County of Wexford, with nine persons on board, including himself and one female ; and...
Category: Articles
Long-Standing Supporters of the R.N.L.I.
AMONG companies which have given the R.N.L.I. valuable financial support over a number of years are a firm of naval tailors in Harwich, a Leeds brewery, and a Leith firm of shipowners, exporters and importers.
• The Harwich...
Category: Donations
Golf Competitions for the Life-Boats
IN 1931 an appeal was made to the principal golf clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex to hold a competition in aid of the Life-boat Service. The Institution offered to present a silver and enamel Spoon as prize (two Spoons being offered if a...
Category: Articles
Prince Albert Convalescent Home, Worthing. Some of the Patients After Taking Part In the Collection at the Practice Launch of the Life-Boat
Prince Albert Convalescent Home Worthing Some of the Patients After Taking Part In The Collection at The Practice Launch of the Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G.
President of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ramore Head and Portrush from the Air
Ramore Head and Portrush from the air. The old lifeboathouse can be clearly seen on the east side of the harbour. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of BKS, Coleraine. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
His Royal Highness Prince Philip One of the First Visitors to the Rnli Stand Was Shown the Atlantic 21 By Major-General Ralph Farrant Chairman of the Institution and An Il
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, one of the first visitors to the RNLI stand, was shown the Atlantic 21 by Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Institution, and an ILB crew member from Southwold, Roger Trigg.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Girvan: the 33Ft Brede Lifeboat Philip Vaux at Her Naming on June 25
Girvan: The 33ft Brede lifeboat Philip Vaux at her naming on June 25.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs