LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marine Paintings
British marine artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth century helped the life-boat service in the latter half of the twentieth century through an exhibition of their paintings at the gallery of N. R. Omell, of Duke Street, St. James's,...
Category: Articles
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1937.
£ s. d.
67 4 0 m mi—mmm — mmm- —i —*—— — Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-...
Category: Accounts
An Engraving By 'WWM'
An engraving by 'WWM', which first appeared in August 1871 showing a paddle steamer towing a lifeboat, went on to appear ten years later as the Ramsgate lifeboat at the wreck of the Indian Chief- an improbable scoop which was...
Category: Drawings
Rapid
Soon after midnight on the 28th February, during a fresh gale from the S.E.
and a rough sea, the Coastguard watchman reported that a vessel was burning signals of distress in the roadstead. The coxswain of the Life-boat...
Tourist Tangle
The morning of 1 June was sunny and calm – the perfect day for a sightseeing trip around Coquet Island bird reserve.
Amble’s lifeboats, the Mersey class The Four Boys and D class Rosemary Palmer, were called out at 11am to...
Category: Articles
The Right Honourable Edward R G Heath Pc Mbe Mp Was Guest Speaker at the Afternoon Meeting and Also Presented the Awards With Him Seated Are the Duke Atholl Chairman of the Inst
The Right Honourable Edward R. G. Heath, PC MBE MP, was guest speaker at the afternoon meeting and also presented the awards. With him, seated, are the Duke of Atholl, Chairman of the Institution, and Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, Director.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Stranded swimmer R LIFEBOAT CREW were paged at 1428 on Saturday, August 8. 1987, following a report of a man having been cut off by the tide below Hunt Cliff, Saltburn.
The station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable...
The Greek Cargo Ship Protoklitos
West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong...
The shark-baiting, tank-commanding granny!
She has already driven a tank and swum with sharks in aid of the RNLI this year – and now 77-year-old Jean Shields wants to drive a high-speed racing car. Jean, President of the RNLI’s Troon Fundraising Branch, raised almost £500 for...
Category: Articles
Response and Responsibility
For the hard-pressed citizens of 1940s Europe, the truth of the slogan ‘waste not, want not’ was proven every day. In 2010, the message is being embraced anew by the RNLI to help it meet its responsibilities and to stretch donations ever...
Category: Articles