LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Supporters of the year
Every RNLI supporter helps save lives at sea, but there are some who deserve special recognition. At our Annual Presentation of Awards dozens of dedicated supporters were honoured. Prestigious supporter awards were presented in the following...
Category: Articles
Liberty
Dragging on to rocks AT 1704 on Sunday September 9, 1984, the honorary secretary of Ilfracombe lifeboat station was informed by Hartland Coastguard that the yacht Liberty needed immediate assistance as she was dragging her anchor close in to...
Havfru
A Fine Cromer Service.
" 'Tis not in mortals to command success," though none deserve it better than a Life-boat crew, battling with the elements for the lives of their fellowmen.
It is our...
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 46, 59, and 65, the following launches on service were made during the months of September to November, 1966, inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services
Achilles
Three saved from disabled fishing vessel in gale and severe seasLerwick lifeboat left her moorings at 0500 on Friday 4 November 1994, a little over ten minutes after first hearing from Shetland coastguard that the fishing vessel Achilles had...
The Finnish Steamer Otava
On the 8th June the Finnish steamer Otava, of Helsingfors, ran aground in a thick fog at Tunstall, about twenty miles south of Bridlington. She was bound for Hull with a cargo of timber, and carried a crew of sixteen. A moderate N.E....
The 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Richard Evans
The 52ft Arun lifeboat Richard Evans at her naming. In background. Galway's 52ft Burnett lifeboat Frank Spiller Locke. photographs by courtesy of Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Six Saved from Fishing Vessel
FOR the rescue of six people from a motor fishing boat on the 21st February, 1968, Coxswain George Jappy of Buckie has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry.
At 12.40 a.m. on that day, the Buckie...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, llth May, 1933.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., followed by Sir JOHN G. CUMMING, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., in the chair.
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., and the Hon.
George Colville were re-elected...
Category: Committee
Padstow Lifeboat Station Celebrates 175 Years of Saving Lives at Sea
Padstow has the second-oldest established lifeboat station in Cornwall. It was set up on 24 January 1827 mainly as a result of the efforts of Commander Williams, chief officer of coastguards. He collected C30 towards the cost of providing a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs