LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fail Safe Part Ii: Upright Again - and Then What? By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
IN THE FIRST PART of this article, published in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, we recalled the righting after capsize on service of four of the Institution's lifeboats and looked at the designer's work which had made possible the...
Category: Articles
Pride and Sceptre
JANUARY 21ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, with snow storms. The sea was very rough. Two local motor fishing boats, Pride and Sceptre, were at sea, line-fishing, and at noon the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was...
Where Help Is Wanted
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in the North-West of England, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in...
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People and Places
Drawing the crowds The RNLI's 67th national lottery draw took place at the Institution's Poole headquarters on Monday 31 October 1994 when Miss Millvina Dean, aged 82 and the youngest survivor of the Titanic tragedy, drew the winning...
Category: Articles
Timothy's toughest plot
At sea, things don’t always go according to script – which is what led Timothy and Shane Spall to head offshore
‘If I get better, we will get a boat,’ declared Timothy Spall. It was 1996. A...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
After the naming of The Scout by HM The Queen, Hartlepool coxswain, Robert Maiden and crew members are presented to Her Majesty by Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), and to HRH The Duke of Kent by Captain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Reader Survey
The Lifeboat is the RNLI's main contact with you, our supporters, so we are keen to ensure that it is doing its job well. To help us understand your needs better, we sent out 25,000 questionnaires with the autumn 2003 magazine. Thank you...
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Eric Rhoades
MARCH 1991 Eric Rhoades, joined the Ilminster branch committee in 1978, was elected vice chairman in 1982 and was chairman from 1983 until 1990 when he was elected president. He was awarded a Silver Badge in 1988..
Category: Obituaries