LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rnli National Lottery
THE RNLI'S twenty-first national lottery was drawn on April 29, appropriately enough by Frank Ide, coxswain of Poole lifeboat. People from all over the country bought lottery tickets to raise money so that lifeboatmen, like Frank, can be...
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Dispatches
A day to remember The RNLI's Annual Presentation of Awards ceremony is an uplifting experience More than 1,000 supporters, volunteers, staff and, most importantly, awardees attended this year's event on Thursday 18 May at the...
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The Life-Boat Institution and the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board
FOE several years past the officers of) the MERSEY DOCK AND HARBOUR BOARD have been so much occupied and pressed by their many important duties that they have found it simply impossible to give the attention and care which they could have...
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Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1937
" Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked and Rescued by a Life-boat.
Describe Your Experiences." THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools has been held this year for...
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People and Places
around and about the RNLI Lionel 'steps in' and saves the day… Lionel Blair, showbiz personality and dancer, stepped in to draw the lifeboat lottery at RNLI Open Days at 1200 on Saturday 2 August. Comedian, Jim Davidson, who was...
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The Isle of Man Revisited
The RNLI's Assistant PRO Robin Sharp visited the Isle of Man, the Institution's 'ancestral home' and examined how the island's lifeboat service is being adapted to the new generation of lifeboats… At could be said that...
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Top gear
In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...
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News
News Battered and brave A passing journalist captured one of the most iconic images of the RNLI’s history when he photographed the Scarborough lifeboat and crew in action in May 2005 (above). They were searching for a mother and her children...
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(Left) Atlantic 21 Scoop on Port Side of Transom: Sleeve Is Lowered and So Valve Is Open Hydraulics and Associated Linkage to Starboard
(Left) Atlantic 21 scoop on port side of transom: sleeve is lowered and so valve is open. Hydraulics and associated linkage to starboard.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Port Isaac's D Class Inflatable Anchors and Veers Down on the Wreckage of Maria Asumpta During the Search for Survivors. Sadly Only Wreckage Was Found.
Port Isaac's D class inflatable anchors and veers down on the wreckage of Maria Asumpta during the search for survivors. Sadly only wreckage was found. Photo John Beckett Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs