LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. King Edward VIII, Patron of the Institution
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 130 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 39 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to June 15th, 1936 64,658 H.M. King Edward VII, Patron of the...
Category: Committee
Lt Cdr Brian Miles Director of the Rnli (Left) and the Managing Director of Laing's Trevor Berry
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, director of the RNLI, (left) and the managing director of Laing's, Trevor Berry, lay the highest section of concrete to mark the topping-out of the RNLI's new headquarters building. (Photo Southern Newspapers).<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society By John G Francis
A LESSER KNOWN BRANCH of the RNLI is the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society. It was formed in 1964 to cater for the needs of those with a technical or historical interest in the work of the Institution. Initially there were only eight members...
Category: Articles
A Schooner The Prospect, of Berwick on Tweed
On the 1st Jtntnays 1861, another dchot«er, th* Prospeet, of Berwick-on- f weed, laden with colds; wifll ft crew of Sii Sse'fi, wta observed at anfeiof & the' Cio^uet Roads, apparently in a sinking state* and close to the...
A Life-Boat at the Naval Review at Spithead
IN November, 1923, a special review of the Atlantic Fleet was held at Spithead for the Dominion Prime Ministers then attending the Imperial Conference. On the day on which the review took place —a day of rough weather—the City of Bradford,...
Category: Articles
Hrh the Duke of Kent Arrives at Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station
HRH The Duke of Kent arrives at Aldeburgh lifeboat station, accompanied by the branch chairman, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mills and . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Organisers of the Moelex 80 Business and Home Exhibition Staged at the University of Essex for Five Days Last Spring Invited Colchester Branch to Set Up a Souvenir Stand at the Event Here
The organisers of the Moelex 80 Business and Home Exhibition staged at the University of Essex for five days last spring, invited Colchester branch to set up a souvenir stand at the event. Here, Mrs Ruth Clarke, the honorary secretary,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Lifeboat Station at Looe In Cornwall
The new lifeboat station at Looe in Cornwall was constructed using traditi materials, in keeping with the surrounding area. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inset - One Team Puts the Boat Out for British Beef
Inset - one team puts the boat out for British beef in the Marlow raft rmce.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A French Yacht Rescued on the Coast of Jersey
THE night of the 27th of September, 1951, was very dark and overcast at St. Helier, in Jersey. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-south- west; there was a swell rising from six to eight feet; and heavy storms of rain made visibility...
Category: Services