LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Terry Waite and the Crew of Harwich Lifeboat.
Terry Waite and the crew of Harwich lifeboat. Photo: Orwell Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Whitby Motor Fishing Coble Jane and Ann
DECEMBER 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the local Whitby motor fishing coble, Jane and Ann, with a crew of four, was sheltering in Robin Hood’s Bay, Wyke, six miles south of...
District Conferences. The Isle of Wight and Exeter
Two conferences were held in the Southwestern District during January. The first, at Newport, Isle of Wight, was a conference of Life-boat workers in the Island, and the second, at Exeter, of Life-boat workers in Cornwall and Devonshire,...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1862
1.—Moved by The Right Hon. the LOED MAYOR, and carried unanimously,— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the officers of the Institution for the current year:—(tscfe last page for this list) 2.—Moved by Vice-Admiral the Right Hon...
Category: Meetings
Although Not Part of the Little Ships Flotilla African Queen
Although not part of the Little Ships flotilla African Queen, the boat made famous by Humphrey Bogart in the film of the same name, attempted to make the passage to Dunkirk. She got into difficulties and had to be towed into Ramsgate by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Many a Slip: Members of the Kent Messenger
Many a slip: Members of the Kent Messenger Social Club heard to utter an oath had to pay for their slips of the tongue. A swear box behind the bar and raffles raised £500 for East Mailing branch and chairman of the Social Club Alan Mole... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Republic of Ireland Launched Its ' Year of the Lifeboat' Celebrations on October 16 1973 With a Reception at Which Ireland's Target for the Year Was Announced: £10
The Republic of Ireland launched its ' Year of the Lifeboat' celebrations on October 16, 1973, with a reception at which Ireland's target for the year was announced: £100,000 above normal revenue to offset cost of new 44'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inaugural Ceremony of the Aberystwyth Motor Life-Boat
THE inaugural ceremony of the new motor life-boat was held at Aberystwyth on 20th April, in the presence of a large audience. The Earl of Lisburne, Lord- Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, the Bishop of St. David's and the Mayor and Mayoress...
Category: Inaugurations
Another Bronze Medal Service By Padstow. Awards to the Master and Crew of the Tug "Helen Peele."
PADSTOW has the distinction of having carried out two services last year in which such skill and gallantry were shown in circumstances of great danger that the Institution has awarded its Bronze Medal in each case.
The...
Category: Medals
The Help of Mayors and Mayoresses. A Record?
The Example of South port.
THE Institution is fortunate in having in a large number of its Branches, particularly in the North of England, the support, and very often the active personal help as well, of the Mayors and...
Category: Articles