LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inaugural Ceremony of the "Oldham" Motor Life-Boat
THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Hoylake, Cheshire, took place on 9th June. This boat has been provided out of the Oldham Life- boat Fund, which was started just over fifty years ago, and towards which by special appeals,...
Category: Inaugurations
Down to Business! the Ceremony Over, Margate's Crew Launch the Station's D Class Lifeboat to Tow Dinghy to Safety.
Down to business! The ceremony over, Margate's crew launch the station's D class lifeboat to tow a dinghy to safety.
...As the last cake crumbs were being brushed away and the bunting untied after the Margate... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 52Ft Barnett Lifeboat Archibald and Alexander M Paterson
The 52ft Barnett lifeboat Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson, which has been on station at Stromness since 1955, launching down her slipway. Archibald and Alexander M. Paterson was the gift of Miss Margaret M. Paterson of St Petersburg,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barmouth: at the Naming of Rnlb Princess of Wales
Barmouth: At the naming of RNLB Princess of Wales last November a fine painting of the lifeboat was presented to HRH The Princess of Wales by the lifeboat crew. It was by crew member and art teacher Tony Jeffs, seen here (r) with his father,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
During a Visit to the Shipyard of Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, the Duke of Edinburgh Inspected Two of the R.N.L.I.'s 44-Foot Steel Life-Boats Which Were Then Nearing Completion
During a visit to the shipyard of Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, the Duke of Edinburgh inspected two of the R.N.L.I.'s 44-foot steel life-boats which were then Hearing completion. Pictured with the Duke is Mr. Harry L. Dowsett (right),... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent With a Posy
(Above) Presenting the Duchess of Kent with a posy before the Wells naming ceremony was a big event for Storm Force member Melissa Walker, daughter of Coxswain/ Mechanic Graham Walker.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robin Aisher, a Member of the Institution's Committee of Management
Robin Aisher, a member of the Institution's Committee of Management, proposed the vote of thanks to King Constantine. As a fellow yachtsman his amusing address drew on their shared experiences afloat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bottom - Festivities Carry on Well Into the Night
Bottom - Festivities carry on well into the night and lifeboats are left moored up alongside the Quay for all to see. - View image in PDF
Photo: David Porter. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Wreck Register and Chart: An Aspect of Sea Power
. THE British Empire is the result and embodiment of Sea Power. That is the dominant fact which will strike the future historian of our race, as it does the contemporary student. How is it that these little Islands in the North great...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Boats Victory and Billows Crown
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 20th August a strong gale blew up from the south-east, with driving rain and a rough sea. As the local motor fishing boats Victory and Billows Crown were still at sea, the motor life-boat Helen...