Chairman of the Bradford Branch, and also of his work as Chairman of the Bradford Life-boat Bazaar, has been elected a Vice- President of the Institution.
The following awards have also been made :—• To the Rev. T. N....
Category: Awards
Broken Steering Gear ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1973, Second Coxswain Rowley at Scarborough, Yorkshire (the coxswain being away on holiday), was informed at 11.22 p.m. by the duty officer of the lighthouse that red flares had been sighted off the...
Launches 70. Lives rescued 49.
JULY 2ND. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 11.15 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel was on fire about five miles south-west of Shoreham. A fresh westerly wind was...
Category: Services
NEW ROMNEY, KENT.—The Life-boat Sandal Magna was launched at 9 P.M. on the 10th February, in a very heavy sea and a strong S.S.B. wind, and rescued the crew, consisting of ten men, from the brigantine Carl Rosinius, of aad from Hangesuud for...
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
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Honours for Hugh
On Friday 6 March, Her Majesty the Queen handed Captain Hugh Fogarty his MBE at...
Category: Articles
In the Summer issue of the Lifeboat, in a news article on page 14 entitled ‘RWCs on station’, we mistakenly stated that Bude was in Devon.
Bude is actually in Cornwall. On page 13 we inadvertently merged two distinct...
Category: Articles
End of an exercise: Dover's 44' Waveney lifeboat Faithful Forester tows in two American inflatable assault boats: August 19, 1975. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Associated Newspapers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
BBC Wales are filming a new drama based on the novel Ennals Point by Alun Richards.
The novel is about life in a fictitious lifeboat village and the six part television series is being filmed at The Mumbles. Philip Madoc... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
spirit Incredible journey The RNLI’s Chief Executive spent an especially productive Summer last year. Carol Waterkeyn finds out how A senior manager takes a cycle ride. Quite unremarkable until you realise that the man in question is the...
Category: Articles
THE hundred and fifteenth annual meeting of the Governors of the In- stitution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 26th April. Over 2,500 people were present.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
Category: Meetings