LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Electrical Communication on the Coast for Lifesaving Purposes
THE resolution of the House of Commons so unanimously passed last Session at the instance of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, on the motion of its Chairman, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., relative to the establishment of a...
Category: Articles
A Coxswain's Memories of His First Service
Coxswain Edward WicJcham, of Wexford, Co, Wexford, who was Second Coxswain from 1886 to 1899, and Coxswain from 1899 to 1925, and who twice won the Silver Medal of the Institution for gallantry, has written the following account of his first...
Category: Services
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 5.—The 35 Feet 6 Inches Liverpool Type
As described in the article in the last issue of The Life-boat on the 35 feet 6' inches self-righting type of motor life-boat, the Institution was engaged from 1921 to 1929 in experiments on a motor life-boat which should be suffi-...
Category: Articles
Look Out for Danger on the Beach from 12 January
Look out for Danger on the Beach from 12 January - the second national BBC TV documentary series to feature the work of the RNLI lifeboats and lifeguards in Devon and Cornwall. Viewers may remember last year's moving report of the death... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Death of King Edward VII., Patron of the Institution
The Institution in common with the whole Empire, mourns the decease of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh.
First as President and then as Patron, His Majesty took the warmest interest in the affairs of the Institution and...
Category: Obituaries
The Netherlands: (Above) Gebroeders Luden One of Six 2037M Self-Righting Lifeboats In the Knzhkmfleet (Below) President Jan Lels the Oldest Twin Screw 'All Weat
The Netherlands: abo 'e) Gebroeders Luden, one of six 20.37m self-righting lifeboats in the KNZHKMfleet, (below) President Jan Lels, the oldest twin screw 'all weather' lifeboat in the KZHRM fleet.. - View image in PDF
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Riding tandem: a round-the-island ride on a tandem
Riding tandem: A round-lhe-island ride on a tandem was part of the three-day Randonee festival of cycling on the Isle of Wight. A team of Henley enthusiasts pedalled the 62 miles in stints of five miles each, checking in at various points... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Photographic Proof of the Unlikely Rumour That a Philanthropic Gorilla Was Spotted at the Earls Court Boat Show Whether It Was Fear That Encouraged the Public to Fill His Box Or Whether It Was the I
Photographic proof of the unlikely rumour that a philanthropic gorilla was spotted at the Earls Court Boat Show. Whether it was fear that encouraged the public to fill his box or whether it was the irresistible music of his pirate captor is... - View image in PDF
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The French Fishing Boat Notre Dame des Victoires
Fenit, and Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 3rd of May,1956, the Dingle Civic Guard tele- phoned the Fenit life-boat station to sav that two men were stranded on a high ledge of a cliff under the old tower at Ballydavid...
After the Naming Ceremonv Hrh the Princess of Wales Inspected Barmouth's New 37Ft 6In Rother Lifeboat
After the naming ceremonv HRH The Princess of Wales inspected Barmouth's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat which bears her name. With Her Royal Highness is Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, and behind... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs