LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bless this boatAs
‘The Cromer lifeboat station has such a great history and we are proud to be carrying it on,’ Paul said afterwards.
‘Although the Lester has been in use for several months and we all know the name, the naming ceremony is...
Category: Articles
The Late Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.
WE much regret to have again to record the death of another tried friend and valuable supporter of, the Shipwreck Institution, in the person of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., its late esteemed Chairman. Although he had occupied that office...
Category: Obituaries
The Converted Ship's Boat Stephanie Jan
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 8.55 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1956, the Barry Island coastguard reported that a dinghy was drifting seaward off Portishead and that the crew were waving. The life-boat Fiji and Charles was launched...
Cybil, of Yarmouth
On the 30th September, the brigantine Sybil, of Yarmouth, was run into by another vessel, whi/st riding at anchor during a gate of wind in Scarborough Roads, and seriously damaged. The crew made signals of dis- tress and a coble went off;...
The RNLI's First Hovercraft Was Funded Thanks to the Generosity of Supporter Kay Hurley
The RNLI's first hovercraft was funded thanks to the generosity of supporter Kay Hurley of Oxfordshire. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pupils of Moelfre Community School Played a Delightful Part Singing to the Accompaniment of Their Own Recorders
Pupils of Moelfre Community School played a delightful part, singing to the accompaniment of their own recorders.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The "Life-Boat Saturday" Movement Rapidly Developing
IN our Annual Report published in May special attention was drawn to the fact that the Committee had appointed Organising Secretaries to promote " Life- boat Saturday" demonstrations, and to form new inland Branches. Very en-...
Category: Articles
Return of the Lizard Life-Boat from Service
RETURN OF THE LIZARD LIFE-BOAT FROM SERVICE.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Doris Rijkers: Coxswain of the Helder Life-Boat
Doris Rijkers Coxswain of the Holder Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Price of War: Two Scenes at Margate
The Price of War; Two Scenes at Margate. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs