LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Father and Son Unite
son unite Clacton lifeboat crew were sorry to say goodbye to crewman and mechanic Dave Carvey as he reached the inshore lifeboat retirement age of 45.
However, there was some comfort for them in the arrival of another of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helping others to help themselves
Two RNLI lifeguards took a ‘rewarding and humbling’ trip in December 2012 to train other lifeguards in Senegal, West Africa. Lifeguards Tim Doran, from the Causeway Coast, and Vaughan Lawson, from Devon, travelled to Yoff Beach in Dakar, at...
Category: Articles
Your Shout
your shout Dear Editor i’ve always enjoyed reading the Lifeboat. this time i read it over breakfast when the washing machine – a noisy one – was on. the new eye-catching arrangement held me riveted until fi nally the silence drew my...
Category: Correspondence
Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
To WILLIAM WATTS WILLIAMS, on his retirement, after serving for 19| years as coxswain of the St. David's life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, a gratuity and a retirement allowance.
To MATTHEW LETHBBIDGE,...
Category: Awards
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Fig 1: Port engine has been lowered into place in engine room by crane.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
North-Western Conference
A CONFERENCE of branches and guilds in the North-West of England was held at Blackpool on 17th and 18th June.
Two hundred and thirty-six delegates attended, from forty-four branches and guilds. The delegates were officially...
Category: Meetings
Histories of Six Life-Boat Stations. Rhyl, The Lizard, Tynemouth, Sennen Cove, Bembridge and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
DURING the past three years excellent histories have been written, and pub- lished locally, of six life-boat stations.
Rhyl celebrated its centenary in 1952,"and The Story of Rhyl's Life- boats, 1852 to 1952 was...
Category: Articles
Lifeboatmen Prepare to Transfer One of the Four Survivors from the Capsized Speedboat from Plymouth's
Lifeboatmen prepare to transfer one of the four survivors from the capsized speedboat from Plymouth's Arun class lifeboat to hospital. - View image in PDF
Photo Nic Randall, Plymouth News Pictures. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Your Letters Continued Figurehead history Sir - During the early years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's existence, hundreds, if not thousands, of sailing ships were lost around the coast of the United Kingdom and many daring...
Category: Correspondence
On Board Grace Paterson Ritchie Mr M Olsen (Left) on Behalf of the Faroese Life-Saving Society Presents Lieut-Commander P E C Pickles Mbe Jp Rnvr With a Wal
On board Grace Paterson Ritchie Mr M. Olsen (left), on behalf of the Faroese Life-saving Society, presents Lieut.-Commander P. E. C.
Pickles, MBE, JP, RNVR, with a wall light made from a pair of horns for the RNLI. With... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs