LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary
THE Institution has lost a number of friends and workers during the past few months. It is hoped to give some account of their work for the Institution in the next issue of The Lifeboat..
Category: Obituaries
July
Launches 64 Lives rescued 28
JULY 2ND. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.
While bound from Montreal for Glasgow with a general cargo the Liverpool steamer Dorelian, of over 6,000 tons, stranded in dense fog on...
Category: Services
In This Issue
News All the latest from and about the lifeboat service Letter Feature Just like the real thing Can serious training really be this exciting? Lifeboats in action Including medal winning rescues by Plymouth and Alderney lifeboat crews Feature...
Category: Contents
RNLI FAMILY: Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Tying the knot
Congratulations to Bundoran Crew Members Laura McNulty and Richard Gillespie, who got married in July. Lifeboating must be in their blood, because both Laura and Richard have family on the crew. Laura’s dad,...
Category: Articles
The Eighty-Ton Three-Masted Schooner Happy Harry, of Dublin
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK, AND HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At four in the afternoon the Ardmore civic guards reported that a schooner, travelling west under sail, seemed to be on fire aft. A strong south-east wind was blowing,...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
PALLING.—A new 12-oared life-boat has been placed at Palling, on the Norfolk Coast, by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in lieu of a smaller one previously there.
The cost of this boat and her carriage, together with a...
Category: Articles
July
Launches 17. Lives rescued 7.
JULY 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At 5.30 A.M. the coastwatchers reported that a small boat was in distress about five miles S.E. of Oyster haven, and the motor life-boat City of...
Category: Services
Shortly After Their Arrival at the Festival Pier Prior to the Meetings the Four 1994 Bronze Medallists Greet Friends and Press.
Shortly after their arrival at the Festival Pier prior to the meetings the four 1994 Bronze Medallists greet friends and press. From left to right - William Clark (Lerwick), Richard Davies (Cromer), Barry Bennett (St Mary's) and Ian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kelly's Heroes
Pupils from Kelly College Junior School, Tavistock, visited Plymouth lifeboat as part of their general studies course at school following a RNLI presentation at their school about lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Jaguar Class Yacht (1)
On the beach During the night of 18/19 March 1988 a 25ft Jaguar class yacht, on passage from Ramsgate to Gillingham ran aground in strong winds, fog and driving rain at Jury's Gap, Camber.
Rye's C class inflatable...