LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Isabel May
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 9.15 on the evening of the 4th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had broken down with engine trouble twelve miles north-west of Point Lynas.
At 9.30...
From the Shiplovers' Society of New South Wales
IN March Mr. N. V. Wade, the honorary treasurer of the Shiplovers' Society of New South Wales, wrote to the Institution to say that there were Shiplovers' Societies not only in London and Bristol, but in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide...
Category: Correspondence
Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P.
Mr. Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P., who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1935, died on the 7th May, 1961. He had served on the Finance, General Pur- poses, and Establishment Committees of the Institution, became...
Category: Obituaries
Play A-Ground
Play a-ground Children from the Drayton Park Primary School are pictured celebrating the relaunch of the Oakley class William Henry and Mary King - in their playground! Nearly 1.000 people turned up to the school summer fair on 27 June to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Give a little whistle
25 November: When Broughty Ferry lifeboat was unable to locate a jet-skier who had called for help just after lunchtime, a major search and rescue operation was mounted, involving an RAF rescue helicopter and...
Category: Articles
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Sporting Appeal
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION SPORTING APPEAL Distinctive trophies are available to sporting clubs wishing to raise funds for the Institution by organising competitions anywhere in Great Britain and Ireland.
For full...
Category: Advertisement
The Prince of Wales and the Life-Boat Service
Speeches of His Royal Highness at the Annual General Meeting on the 18th March, 1893, "As your chairman to-day it is my duty to move the first resolution, which is 'That the report now read be adopted, printed and circulated.'...
Category: Meetings
Rnli Contributions
A matter of life or death The service we provide, saving life at sea, is a completely voluntary one with no State aid.
Over the years, more than 100.000 people have been rescued thanks to the efforts of our lifeboatmen and...
Category: Advertisement
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by the late L. C. WYOIT, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a...
Category: Medals
North Wales
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the evening of Sunday, 16th January, a letter was re-ceived by a messenger from Palling, stating that two ships were on the Hasborough Sand. A steam-tug was obtained from Great Yarmouth, and the Caister No. 2 Life-boat,...