LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sustainability: the long view
If you find it tricky to keep your landfill waste, carbon footprint and electricity bills to a minimum, spare a thought for the RNLI – we’ve got people and buildings all around the UK and Republic of Ireland. But we have a duty...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 10th October, 1889.
Colonel FitzRov CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence,...
Category: Committee
John Chapman: Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat Fund
'A one-eyed, cantankerous and troublesome fellow'1: thus, leaning back in his chair, pipe in hand and smiling happily, does John Chapman describe himself.
But the smile belies the words, for it is the smile of a man...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Catches a Mermaid!
Exmouth lifeboat station caught the attention of a Westcountry Television cameraman when they landed a mermaid on lifeboat station open day.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat—In Danger's Hour'
THE RNLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES contain thousands of lifeboat pictures which not only document the progress in boats and equipment but also provide an insight to changing social conditions.
The selection on these pages...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Services December 1976 January and February 1977
Angle, Dyfed December 6.
Anstruther, Fife February 20.
Appledore, North Devon December 2, January 12, February 17, 18 and 21.
Baltimore, Co. Cork January 10.
Barry Dock,...
Category: Services
A Close-Up Broadside View
A close-up broadside view of the model: note the faithful reproduction of the anchor stowage and of the stanchions and guard chains: it took Mr Turland seven hours to fit just one of the bottle screws. Note also the buo ancy blocks behind... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Home shopping saves lives
The RNLI Sales mail order gift catalogue is back just in time for Christmas! Packed full of gift ideas, cards, hampers and decorative touches, you can prepare for the season ahead from the comfort of your home, while helping save lives at...
Category: Articles
Below: Workington Tyne Class Lifeboat
Below: Workington Tyne Class Lifeboa. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Devereux 43 of Kilmore Quay Lifeboat
John Devereux 43 of Kilmore Quay Lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs