LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Mann, of Aldeburgh
Coxswain C. D. Mann, of Aldeburgh, died on 15th February last, at the age of sixty. He came of a family of Life- boatmen. Both his grandfather and father served in the Aldeburgh Boat before him, and he succeeded his father as Second Coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
From a Working Man
A GIFT of ten shillings has come from a working man at Southend-on-Sea in gratitude for the rescue of three men by the Southend motor life-boat Greater London. He had never seen the three men before, but had let them have his boat to go...
Category: Donations
Three Cresswell Launchers. Their Ages Total 214 Years
Three Cresswell Launchers Their Ages Total 214 Years. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
War on the water
On a windless Spring day off Ireland’s south coast, a magnificent steamship carrying almost 2,000 people was hit by a torpedo. It was a tragedy that would be felt around the world
The passenger...
Category: Articles
Annual Meeting
THE hundred and tenth annual meeting of the governors of the Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 p.m. on Friday, 20th April.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution, was in the...
Category: Meetings
Sixteen Years After
GRATITUDE is not always short-lived.
This letter comes from Warwickshire : " Once again on behalf of myself and family I have pleasure in sending you a cheque value £l 7s. 6d. as a small donation towards the fund...
Category: Correspondence
What's on this winter?
Courage on our coasts
For nearly a decade, professional Photographer and volunteer lifeboat Crew Member Nigel Millard has been capturing the spirit of the RNLI with stunning images of our...
Category: Articles
Sallash and District Branch Man Rnlj Souvenir Stands at Various Regal Las and Fetes During the Summer and Are Here Seen at Saltash Regatta Souvenirs and Cards
Sallash and District branch man RNLJ souvenir stands at various regal las and fetes during the summer, and are here seen at Saltash Regatta. Souvenirs and cards are also sold before Christmas at a local shop. With a small committee of six,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
THE DEATH of Captain Nigel Dixon was a serious and sudden loss to the RNLI.
He became Secretary of the Institution.
a t i t l e which was later altered to that of Director, at a difficult time in 1970. Not...
Category: Articles
Opening the New Life-Boat House at Cullercoats
FURTHER evidence of the popular ap- preciation of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION and all that appertains to the saving of life at sea was furnished on Saturday, 8th August last, at Culler- coats. About ten years since the Co-...
Category: Articles