LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(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
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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
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In Addition to Receiving the Gold Badge for His Services to the Rnli In 1982 Dr Sydney Peace (R)
In addition to receiving the gold badge for his services to the RNLI in 1982, Dr Sydney Peace (r) was further honoured at a gathering of his friends and colleagues in Orkney by the presentation of a pipe tune composed for him by Pipe Major... - View image in PDF
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Mr. Anthony Eden on the Life-Boat Service
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to May 31st, 1951 - 77,369 Mr. Anthony Eden on the Life-boat Service* OUR British race...
Category: Meetings
Children from the Class of Mrs Harrison at Bodmin County Primary Infants' School Acted Out the Grace Darling Story
Children from the class of Mrs Harrison at Bodmin County Primary Infants' School acted out the Grace Darling story for the rest of the school and, after making a "mile of pennies", they collected over £52 the Grace Darling... - View image in PDF
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Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL. A Small fishing boat of Porthallow with one man on board capsized and sank off Porthallow Cove when returning from fishing at about 1.30 P.M. on the 6th April. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing with a rough sea....
Category: Services
Building the Fast Slipway Lifeboat—Part VI: Trials
EARLY NOVEMBER saw the first launch from Fairey's yard at East Cowes of the RNLI's prototype fast slipway boat City of London. It was the start of the exact, and exacting, programme of builder's trials through which every...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Vessels Breadwinner, Orient and Dolly Graham (1)
Eyemouth, and St. Abbs, Berwickshire.— At 10.7 in the morning, on the 24th of April, 1950, the Eyemouth life-boat authorities received a message from a Burnmouth fisherman that the motor fishing vessel Breadwinner, of Burn- mouth, was in...
H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester Presents a Bronze Medal
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester Presents A Bronze Medal The Recipient Is Coxswain Roland Moore of Barrow. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs