LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Of the 11 New Life-Boats Ordered In 1971 Four Were of the 44-Foot Steel Waveney Class Three of the 37-Foot Mark I Rother (Above) Two of the 50-Foot Steel Thames (Below
Of the 11 new life-boats ordered in 1971 four were of the 44-foot steel Waveney class, three of the 37-foot Mark i Rother (above), two of the 50-foot steel Thames (below), one of the 52-foot Mark II Arun and one of the 71-foot steel Clyde... - View image in PDF
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The Norwegian Life-Boat Society. (From the Yorkshire Post, 15th June, 1898.)
IN a dock of the Exhibition grounds at the Fisheries Exhibition at Bergen—it is held in the Nygaard Park, which runs down to a river—there are four Life- boats. They are not to be known for Life-boats at a glance, being shaped and rigged in...
Category: Articles
The Naming and Dedication Ceremony of the Relief Fleet D Class Lifeboat
The naming and dedication ceremony of the relief fleet D class lifeboat. Pictured from (left to right) are: Mike Pennell, staff officer (operations); Anthony Oliver, head of fund raising; Tony Richardson, director of the CSMA; and the... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Hrh the Duchess of Kent Waves to the Crowds at Whitby
(Belowl HRH The Duchess of Kent waves to the crowds at Whitby from the station's newly named Trent class lifeboat, George and Mary Webb.. - View image in PDF
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The Motor Fishing Vessels Lead Us, The Golden Hope and Success
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AT HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 7.45 on the evening of the 2nd March, 1962, the coxswain was in radio communication from his own boat with three local motor fishing vessels, which were at sea in deteriorating weather...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The first Life- boat service in the year 1872 was, that on the 1st January, by the boat on this station, it happening to be the only service performed by a Life-boat of the Institution on New Year's Day,...
Category: Services
The Institution's Income at a Glance
The Institution's Income at a Glance.
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1932.
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Category: Accounts
On July 12 at the Baltic Exchange London His Excellency the Greek Ambassador
On July 12, at the Baltic Exchange, London, His Excellency The Greek Ambassador presented nautical gallantry medals to the men who were coxswain and crew ofSt Peter Port lifeboat when, on January 4, 1979, she had, together with helicopters,... - View image in PDF
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The 70Ft Clyde Class Grace Paterson Ritchie
The 70ft Clyde class Grace Paterson Ritchie, pictured shortly after building in 1965 against a snowy River Clyde backdrop. She is now further north as part of the Icelandic Life Saving Association's fleet. (Photo courtesy A. T. Kelly and... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI and me: Fern Britton
The TV presenter and author talks Cornwall, creativity and crabbing
What inspired someone who’s spent a lot of their life around London to write about a tiny Cornish fishing village? I’ve loved Cornwall, especially Looe,...
Category: Articles