LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Presenting Hector the King of Egypt St.George
Presenting Hector, the King of Egypt, St George, Old Ben, Beelzebub, the Quack Doctor, Little Devil Doubt, the Turkish Knight and Slasher, just some of the characters from the Southport Mummers who perform ancient and traditional plays in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Cover nor.
Mr. J. M. MAWSON, J.P., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Insti- tution in recognition of the valuable services which he rendered as Honorary Secretary of the Piel (Barrow) Station...
Category: Awards
The News Agency Caption Said: 'Life-Boat Designer Mr. Richard Oakley Went Down With His Ship—And Came Up Smiling'
The news agency caption said: 'Life-boat designer, Mr. Richard Oakley, went down with his ship—and came up smiling'. The occasion? Capsizing trials at Portsmouth on 23rd June, 1966, when the second 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Johnno (1)
Three saved from motor ship aground and awash off beachawash off beach Whitstable and Sheerness lifeboats were launched after the motor ship Johnno broadcast a Mayday on 12 January 1995. The vessel, on passage from the Isle of Grain to...
The 45 Ft. 6 In. Watson (Cabin) Motor Life-Boat
The 45 Ft 6 In Watson (Cabin) Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nameless of Cork & Schooner Emil Ann of Carnarvon
On the 22nd August, the brigantine Nameless, of Cork,and the schooner Emily Ann, of Carnarvon, were observed in distress off Tenby during a strong gale of wind. The Florence...
Notes of the Quarter
A MAJOR new boat building programme was decided upon by the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I, at its February meeting. As anA Sister's Thanks The following is an extract from a letter received by Captain J. B. Jones, O.B.E.,...
Category: Articles
Leesa Espley From Hunstanton
Leesa Espley from Hunstanton is the fi rst woman in the RNLI to get a hovercraft licence. Photo: Simon Barber. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Saga
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Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Kedah, of Singapore (1)
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...