LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch
Mr. W. J. Oliver, who died on 4th March, had been Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch for twenty-five years, and for nearly fifty years had been actively connected with the work of saving life from shipwreck. When he was appointed in...
Category: Obituaries
Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
patroness—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
President—His Grace the DUKE OF NOBTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L, Chairman—EDWARD BIRKBECK, ESQ.. il.P.,...
Category: Advertisement
The Motor Fishing Vessels Gratitude, Chance, Katherine and Faithful
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.35 p.m.
on 13th January, 1965, the assistant motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels were still at sea in very bad weather conditions. The life-boat Tillie...
On the Self-Righting Principle In Life Boats
SINCE the publication of the Report of the Northumberland Life-boat Committee, a good deal has been said and written on the subject of the self-righting principle in life-boats in the event of their being upset, a quality which was strongly...
Category: Articles
Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1853 (1)
IN continuation of the Wreck Chart for 1852, issued with our January number of last year, we now present our readers with that for the following year, 1853. In glancing over the borders of the Chart, and observing the black dots which fringe...
Category: Articles
The Hamble Inshore Rescue Boat and another Boat
Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and. in view of the very...
For Those In Peril on the High Street
A new' mascot' for the Eastbourne branch was unveiled when lifeboatmen boarded a completely different form of transport.
Eastbourne Buses has boosted publicity for the local lifeboat by having one of its buses... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rian, of Groningen and The Dutch Minesweeper Jan Van Gelder
FEBRUARY 3RD. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported vessels in collision three miles east-by-north of Queen’s Pier. The motor life-boat Lady Harrison was launched at 3.40. The south-westerly wind was moderate,...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1881
THE RIGHT HON. EARL PERCY, M.P., IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(Vide next page for this list.) 2.—Moved by...
Category: Meetings