LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fishwives of Cullercoats.
The annual summer appeal made last year by the fishwives of Cullercoats raised £278. This is the twentieth year of their appeal, and this is the largest sum which the* hare ever raised. The total is now £-2983..
Category: Articles
F.V. Brigg
Life in the old girl yet! The Robert, Beaumaris1 Watson class lifeboat bid a fine farewell during her passage back to the RNLI's Poole depot following her withdrawal from service in July.
She was called into service...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 14th January, 1897.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Royal Welcome
Her Majesty The Queen, Patron of the RNLI, is pictured meeting crew members at Tower Lifeboat Station on the River Thames on 24 February.
Meanwhile congratulations to Coxswain Robin Castle (Sheerness), Coxswain Francie...
Category: Articles
Letters
Where is your hat?! I have been an RNLI Shoreline member for around 24 years.
I joined after chatting to a lifeboat crew member whilst on holiday in North Wales. He told me of an incident where a young boy had got into...
Category: Correspondence
The 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Richard Evans
The 52ft Arun lifeboat Richard Evans at her naming. In background. Galway's 52ft Burnett lifeboat Frank Spiller Locke. photographs by courtesy of Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Honorary Secretary Stanley Power {Right) Introduces the Dunmore East Crew to Mr Peter Barry Minister for Transport and Power In the Republic of Ireland and Mrs Barry
Honorary Secretary Stanley Power {right) introduces the Dunmore East crew to Mr Peter Barry, Minister for Transport and Power in the Republic of Ireland, and Mrs Barry, who named the lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letter. Let's Put Out More Flags
• I attended the London District Conference when the present financial problems of the R.N.L.I. were explained to the delegates. Subsequently the excerpt from the article - 'Why put out more flags ?' included in the last issue of THE...
Category: Correspondence
A Steamer (5)
28th Decem- ber. A steamer had foundered, but her crew got ashore in the ship's boat.— Rewards, £7 2s..
Kirkwall - Scotland Division
Kirkwall, capital of Orkney and its Mainland island, lies upon a busy harbour in which there is a constant coming and going of fishing boats, ferries and other seagoing traffic.
Kirkwall station opened in 1972 following... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs