LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
How the Cornish Lifeboat Appeal Was Launched
EARLY in 1972 the Committee of Management of the RNLI decided to try to raise an extra £50,000 net in Cornwall to complete the total bill for the new Sennen and Falmouth boats.
Commander L. F. L. Hill, RD, RNR, Staff...
Category: Articles
White Cloud II
On the 20th July news was received from the coastguard that a small speed-boat appeared to be in distress about three miles W.S.W.
from Bill Tower look-out. The occu- pants were waving a coat or flag. The motor life-boat...
Festive funds for new Shannon class
Thank you for your kind generosity over the festive season. We had an incredible response to our 2016 Christmas Appeal – you gave £1.3M in total. £750,000 of it is being added to a generous legacy, to fund a new Shannon class...
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Fishing Cobles (5)
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. — heavy sea rapidly sprung up on the 27th April, seriously erd*ngering six cobles which had gone out to fish, and were returning to port. The Life-boat Robert and Susan was launched at about noon and escorted each...
News from the Branches. 1st November, 1937, to 31st January, 1938
Greater London.
Life-boat stand at the Sea-roamers' Ex- hibition, at Messrs. Selfridge's.
BARNET.—Mrs. Ellicott appointed joint honorary secretary.
BATTERSEA. — Branch reorganized...
Category: Branches
H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BEMBRIDGE JANUARY 29TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT During the afternoon an easterly blizzard was raging at Bembridge in the Isle of Wight.
The wind had been blowing hard for several days and a very...
Help!
See next page for places in the South of England where help is wanted in forming new Branches.
Where Help is Wanted.
THE Institution is very anxious to form Branches in the following places in the...
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Visit of the Prince of Wales to Newquay, Cornwall
FOE the second time within two years Newquay has been fortunate enough to receive a Royal visit, and has thus been the means of illustrating the deep interest taken by our kingly Patron in the national service which it is the privilege of...
Category: Articles
Surf Motor Life-Boats. An Experimental Type
THIS year two motor life-boats of a new, experimental type have been com- pleted and stationed one at Wells, Norfolk, and the other at Ilfracombe, Devon. They are a surf type, and are 2J tons lighter than the light 35 feet 6 inches...
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In the Exhibition Grounds
Behind the life-boat is " Tail's Tower ". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs