LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn (1)
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...
Princess Margaret Being Welcomed at the R.N.L.I, Stand at the International Boat Show By the Then Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, 6.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. Looking on (Centr
Princess Margaret being welcomed at the R.N.L.I, stand at the International Boat Show by the then Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, 6.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. Looking on (centre) is the Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coastguard Lt-Cdr Tim Fetherston-Dilke the New Chief Coastguard Talks of the Re-Organisation Taking Place Within the Servjce
Coastguard . . .
LT-CDR TIM FETHERSTON-DILKE, the new 'Chief, talks of the re-organisation taking place within Her Majesty's Coastguard, emphasising that its long-standing traditional relationship with the lifeboat...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches. 1st November, 1933, to 31st January, 1934
1st November, 1933, to 31st January, 1934.
Greater London.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive.
CROYDON.—Lantern lectures at Wood- side by Mr. F. C. Ashby and the district organizing...
Category: Branches
Pulper
At 1.15 P.M. on the 25th May the Chief Officer of Coastguard reported that a vessel was showing distress signals off Clogher Head. The crew of the Lifeboat Charles Whitton were assembled and the boat was promptly launched. She pro- ceeded...
Kayaker on a knife edge
On an apparently ordinary day at the beach last Summer, a near tragedy was unfolding
It was just before midday on 30 August 2011 and a lone kayaker was enjoying the water off Sandsend,...
Category: Articles
(Above) Four Scouts One Each from Wales England Scotland and Northern Ireland With the Framed Photograph of the Scout Which They Had Received from Captain
(Above) Four Scouts, one each from Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the framed photograph of The Scout which they had received from Captain Kirk, and (above right) Robert Maiden, son of the coxswain, presents to Her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
David Mitchell Mp Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department of Transport Was Particularly Keen to Look Over Rnli
David Mitchell, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department of Transport, was particularly keen to look over RNLI headquarters when he paid a brief visit to Poole in October. In an hour and a half he toured head office and the depot... - View image in PDF
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When Hrh the Prince of Wales Visited Connah's Quay Deeside on July 11 He Met Garry Jones Station Honorary Secretary (C) and Flint Lifeboatmen Who Were There to Launch Their D Class Inflat
When HRH The Prince of Wales visited Connah's Quay, Deeside, on July II, he met Garry Jones, station honorary secretary (c.) and Flint lifeboatmen who were there to launch their D class inflatable lifeboat down the new slipway built as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs