LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lymington Took Just One Month to Raise £760 to Pay for a Pair of Propellers for the New Arun Lifeboat Being Built for Yarmouth Isle of Wight on December 14 Two Cheques
Lymington took just one month to raise £760 to pay for a pair of propellers for the new Arun lifeboat being built for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. On December 14, two cheques, each for £380, one from the branch and one from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Third International Life-Boat Conference (1)
From left to right. First Row : Captain D. H. Doeksen, Mr. Ottar Vogt, Commander E. D. Drury. Inspector B. Mentz, Captain A. G. Bremner, Mr. Henry de Vos, Sir Godfrey Baring, A. A. Baron Sweerts de Landas Wyborgh, Vice-Admiral C. Fock, Mr. P... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
OBVERSE.—Bust of His Majesty KING EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII...
Category: Medals
Photo By Kind Permission Of The South West Coast Path Association
Photo By Kind Permission Of The South West Coast Path Association. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'Their hearts must have sunk as they watched us pass them'
It was an overcast morning on 26 August when a father and son began their fishing holiday in Cruden Bay, Aberdeen - a trip that gave them more drama than they bargained for
RNLI Peterhead...
Category: Articles
"Boats That Save Life." A New Film of Life-Boat Building
THE Institution has had made for it a new sound film which tells the story of the building of a motor life-boat. It starts on the other side of the world, with the hauling by elephants of teak logs in the Burmese forests, and the felling of...
Category: Articles
The Right Hon. The Earl of Plymouth, G.B.E., C.B., D.L., P.C.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, G.B.E, C.B.,D.L,P.C By the death of the Earl of Plymouth on 6th March last, the Institution has lost a friend who was always ready to place his name and great influence at the service of the...
Category: Obituaries
The Fundraisers
Gala brings history alive Two stars of the popular television series Heartbeat, helped draw the crowds at Whitby's lifeboat gala, over the weekend of the 29 and 30 July, when they performed a champagne launch on the town's restored...
Category: Articles
Some Ways of Raising Money
More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...
Category: Articles
All hands!
Thousands of volunteers and hundreds of staff are needed to provide back-up to the RNLI’s lifesavers – so how does the charity find the right people for the job?
‘The Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches...
Category: Articles