LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Mid-Winter Service
By Major-General the Rt. Hon. John E. Bernard Seeley, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
[Major-General Seely has been a Member of the Committee of Management of the Institution for over twenty-eight years.
He has...
Category: Services
June
MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s.and towed her to a berth in Walton River.
She...
Category: Services
A Life-Boat In the Antarctic
Ix 1946 Colonel Niall Rankin, F.Z.S., F.R.P.S., F.R.G.S., of Calgary, in the Isle of Mull, went out to the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.
He sailed in October in a whale factory ship, taking with him a motor...
Category: Articles
Fine Weather Cumulus Forming Over the Cliffs and Sea During the Flight Up to R.A.F. Chivenor on a Hot July Day and (Right), H.Q. Sign at 22 Squadron's Site at R.A.F. St. Mawgan.
Fine weather cumulus forming over the cliffs and sea during the flight up to R.A.F. Chivenor on a hot July day and (right), H.Q. sign at 22 Squadron's site at R.A.F. St. Mawgan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lucy and a Speed Boat
Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...
150th Anniversary Commemorative Items
Silver.
A solid silver, partly gilt, lifeboat bowl is being made by Aurum Designs conjunction with the RNLI to commemorate the 150th anniversary. A ... and Porcelain Worcester Royal Porcelain are producing two pieces to...
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(Above) Southend's Lifeboat Greater London II (Civil Service No 30) Launched for the Last Time on Sunday March 28 Before Leaving Station She Has Been Replaced By An A
(Above) Southend's lifeboat Greater London II (Civil Service No.
30) launched for the last time on Sunday, March 28, before leaving station. She has been replaced by an Atlantic 21.
photograph by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Launching Accident
ON 10th June the motor life-boat at Port St. Mary, Isle of-Man, was launched on exercise at low 'water. The life- boat and carriage had been lowered down the slipway to the limit of the wire, and chocks had been placed under the wheels,...
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Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1978
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire August 24 Aldeburgh, Suffolk August 2 Amble, Northumberland June 26 and July 1 Angle, Dyfed June 23, July 11 and 31 Anstruther, Fife July 2 Arklow, Co. Wicklow July 25, 29 and August 11 Arranmore, Co. Donegal June 23,...
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David Case Hon Sec at Wells In Norfolk Makes Up His Log During An Emergency An Example of the Detail to Be Found In His Painstaking Record Can Be Seen on P
David Case Hon Sec at Wells In Norfolk Makes Up His Log During An Emergency An Example of the Detail To Be Found In His Painstaking Record Can Be Seen On P. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs