LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Tyne Class Lifeboat Sir William Hillary
The Tyne class lifeboat Sir William Hillary is named by the Institution's recently retired chairman The Duke of Atholl at the Douglas quayside on 21 July 1989. - View image in PDF
(Photo courtesy Roger Orams). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremony: City of Bristol
CLYDE CLASS 70-003 LOA 71' : Beam 18' : Displacement 87 tonsLATEST OF the Clyde class lifeboats, 70-003, was named City of Bristol by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs A. G.
Peglar, at Narrow Quay, Bristol, on...
Category: Inaugurations
The Norwegian Minesweeper No. 382
MAY 7TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. The Norwegian minesweeper No. 382 had been reported blown up by a mine fifteen miles off Berry Head, but no survivors were found. The Salcombe life-boat put out at midnight on the 7th May and was the...
The Punt Rapid
About 10 P.M.
on the 9th June it was reported that a punt, named the Sapid, belonging to Southwold, had not returned ashore.
As the wind was blowing strongly O O t' from E. by S., accompanied by a...
J. B. Kee
On the 5th of November, 1957, the New Brighton life-boat rescued the crew of six of the coaster J. B. Kee. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain George Stonall was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry, see page...
The Life-Boat Service In Ireland
SINCE 1924 Mr. Timothy Healy, the Governor-General of the Irish Free State, has been the Patron of the Irish Free State District of the Institution, and when he accepted the Patronship he issued an earnest appeal to the people of the Free...
Category: Articles
Lady Ann, of Derby
LADY AXN, J.P., of Derby, who died on 17th January, at the age of eighty, had been a very great friend of the life-boat service for many years. She started her work for it in 1898, in the days of the Life-boat Saturday Fund, and in 1911,...
Category: Obituaries
List of Launches
oat launches Aberdeen ALB: Mar 17. Apr 17 and May 17 ILB: Mar 17. Apr .S.Apr 16.
May 17 and May 18 Aherdovey ILB: Mar 22 (2) Aberystwyth ILB: Mar 16. Mar IX. Apr 21, Apr 22 and Apr 23 •-..mil ! • l . i i iJ ALB: Mar 30 and...
Category: Services
The Pastime & A Small Pleasure Boat
A strong S.E. gale sprang up on the 29th July, and at 5 P.M. information was received by telephone from Hurlstone signal- station that a boat was in distress. The crew of the Life-boat George Leicester were summoned and in seven minutes the...
Exe-Cellent Result!
Clubbling together - Rodney Turner, chairman of the Combined Water Sports Clubs of the River Exe, presents the cheque for £11,500 to Simon Turl, senior helmsman of the Exmouth lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs