LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Greenhaven
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th of February, 1956, the Malin Head radio station reported that the motor vessel Greenhaven, of Newcastle, had wire- lessed that her engine had broken down five and a...
Buckie Life-Boat Crew Being Presented to the Queen
The Queen visited the Buckie, Banffshire, station on the 14th July, 1961.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sink or swim! the popular RNLI raft race, now an annual event on the Ouse in York
Sink or swim! The popular RNLI raft race, now an annual event on the Ouse in York, attracted a total of 80 craft of varying descriptions. The one-and-a-half mile course attracted thousands of spectators who lined the riverbank to watch the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 4
THE years 1850-1, next to the year 1785, were those of the greatest importance in the history of the Coast Life-boat, and in fact of- the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION also, for, as has often been pointed out, apathy in the Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1910
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF CREWE, K.G., IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by the Chairman.
Seconded by Admiral SIR COMP- TON EDWARD DOMVILE, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
1. That the Annual Report be adopted,...
Category: Meetings
(9)—Les Wall at the Oyster Sheds. He Retired from the Life-Boat Service In 1959 at the Age of 58. on the Life-Boat He Was Signalman. Joined In 1947.
(9)—Les Wall at the oyster sheds. He retired from the life-boat service in 1959 at the age of 58. On the life-boat he was signalman. Joined in 1947.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lord Saltoun, a Vice-President of the RNLI, Congratulates Mr. W. A. P. Cormack, Honorary Secretary of the Peterhead Life-Boat, on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebrations on 26th June
Lord Saltoun, a Vice-President of the RNLI, Congratulates Mr. W. A. P. Cormack, Honorary Secretary of the Peterhead Life-Boat, on the Occasion of the Centenary Celebrations on 26th June. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The French Motor Vessel St. Barbe
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—13th October. The French motor vessel St.
Barbe, of Treguier, signalled for medical aid, but it was found that she wanted pilot.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
Generous Ships' Crews and Passengers
THE facsimile reproduction which we give of a ship's collection sheet, as it was returned to the Port of Liverpool Branch, is only one example, but a very striking example, of the generosity of the mercantile marine to the Life-boat...
Category: Donations
Carved Wood Stern Ornament from the Indian Chief Which Was Wrecked on the Long Sands on 5Th January, 1881, Survivors Being Taken Off By the Ramsgate, Kent, Life-Boat Next Day. the Orname
Carved wood stern ornament from the Indian Chief which was wrecked on the Long Sands on 5th January, 1881, survivors being taken off by the Ramsgate, Kent, life-boat next day. The ornament—it commemorates a famous rescue—is preserved at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs