LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Cromer Life-Boatmen Drowned
THE three life-boatmen who lost their ! lives when the crab boat Boy Jimmy sank a hundred yards off shore near Cromer were all members of the Cromer No. 2 life-boat.
One was the coxswain, James William Davies, who was...
Category: Obituaries
(Left) E Mangold (R) Was Presented With a Plaque Earlier This Year By George Powell Organising Secretary North London Mr Mangold Who Is In His Mid 70S Has Raised £9
(Left) E. Mangold (r.) was presented with a plaque earlier this year by George Powell, organising secretary North London. Mr Mangold, who is in his mid 70s, has raised £925 for the RNLI since he first collected for Wood Green Branch in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ron Parris (L) and Joe Salmon
Ron Parris f / j and Joe Salmon at work in the rigging loft on the RNLI stand: Ron weaves together the bow pudding while Joe helps one of the many interested visitors, first explaining the best knot to use in a given situation, then how to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Setting Sail on a New Voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl Aboard the ILB With His Bride Mary Bernadette Morris After Their Wedding Last Autumn Photograph By Courte
Setting sail on a new voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl aboard the ILB with his bride, Mary Bernadette Morris, after their wedding last autumn. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Rhyl Journal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part V: Behind the Scenes
ABOVE AND BELOW DECKS, the first prototype of the fast slipway lifeboat (FSB) is gradually taking shape in Fairey Marine's yard at Cowes. With some of the work progress is obvious; other jobs involve perhaps weeks of 'behind the...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Centenary of the Institution, 1924
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may be good...
Category: Articles
Storm on the Waters
STORM ON THE WATERS The Story of the Life-boat Service in the War of 1939-1945 By CHARLES VINCE " Read it, and you will hear the gales roaring; no breeziness here, no mere soldier's wind, but a blow to match the courage of the...
Category: Advertisement
Twenty-Four Crews from Guide and Scout Groups In Northampton
Twenty-four crews from guide and scout groups in Northampton took part in a rowing relay along the River Nenefrom Northampton to Peterborough, a distance of 60.3 miles, with 22 locks to negotiate. The first crew (above) were sent on their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.—The life-boat Latitia was launched about midnight on the j 12th February, 1869, in reply to signals of distress from the brig Beatrix, of Whitby, j which was riding heavily in the Roads near Gorton Gapway, with her...
Category: Services