LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Timbo, of Whitby
DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhoscolyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth belonged to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
A Governor of the Institution 15- Year-Old Nigel Rankin on Board Whitby Lifeboat Nigel Came to the Rnli Stand at the Boat Show With Over £10 He Had Saved from His Pock
A governor of the Institution, 15- year-old Nigel Rankin, on board Whitby lifeboat. Nigel came to the RNLI stand at the Boat Show with over £10 he had saved from his pocket money to join Shoreline.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gavotte II, of Portsmouth
Salcombe, Devon - At 1.50 p.m. on 14th July, 1968, the motor mechanic was informed that a yacht had capsized on the harbour bar. The lifeboat The Baltic Exchange slipped her moorings at 1.57 in a strong west south westerly wind and a...
The New Hatch-Boat, Specially Built for the Institution, Showing Her Paces Off Littlehampton
The new Hatch-boat, specially built for the Institution, showing her paces off Littlehampton.
She can be used as a boarding boat to take life-boat crews from the shore to life-boats which remain afloat, and she can also be... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Remedy, of Whistable
On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of...
The Fishing Boat
Plymouth, Devon - At 4.22 p.m. on 6th April, 1969, the coastguardinformed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, with a crew of five on board, had broken down in Whitsand bay. At 4.40 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped...
Descendants of Lukin and Hillary
THE records of Life-boat families which have been appearing in The Lifeboat show how strong a part the influence of heredity plays in the manning of the Institution's boats. It is of interest, too, to record that the new Honorary...
Category: Articles
(Right) Hrh Princess Michael of Kent Receives a Bouquet from Arabella Romilly at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball Last November It Is the First Time Prince and Princes
(Right) HRH Princess Michael of Kent receives a bouquet from Arabella Romilly at the Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball last November. It is the first time Prince and Princess Michael of Kent have attended the ball, which is held at the Dorchester... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
County of Anglesea
The ketch County of Anglesea, of Carnarvon, whilst bound from that port to Rhosneigir with a cargo of bricks, was seen at 8.50 P.M., on the 15th March, drifting down towards the cliffs of Trecastell.
The weather was not...