LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RNLI lottery 'You need hands' was the watchword on the day Max Bygraves drew the winning tickets for the 34th national lottery on July 31, 1986. Mr Bygraves, who was appearing in a summer show at the Poole Arts Centre, kept the...

During the evening of 3rd November, in a terrific S.W. gale, the s.s. Glaus Horn, of Lubeck, wag driven ashore on the Gaa Bank at the mouth of the river Tay. A telephone message was sent to the Coxswain of the Life-boat Maria, stating that a...

Fat-free cheque The Exmouth branch received a cash boost of £2,000 from the nationwide slimming club organisation 'Slimmer'.

The organisation's central administration office is in Exmouth and when funds... - View image in PDF

The Borough of Poole has granted the RNLI planning permission, allowing us to commence build work on our new All-weather Lifeboat Centre. This decision is a monumental one that will save the RNLI millions of pounds, bringing future...

A N.N.E.

gale sprang up suddenly early in the morning of the 9th May, while the fishing coble Bonnie Lad, of Scarborough, was at sea. The Life-boat Queensbury was, therefore, launched and proceeded to the Castle foot,...

MARCH 13TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.

At 10.24 A.M. an R.A.F. twin - engine fighter monoplane landed on the sands about 250 yards west of Bispham Slade, and was unable to take off again. At 11.40 A.M. a message was received...

Injured seamen NEWS was received at St Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I., on April 14 that a seaman on board the Norwegian tanker Jarmina had severely injured a finger and the bleeding could not be stopped.

The lifeboat Arun, with...

Youghal, and Ballycotton, Co. Cork, and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 21st of July, 1954, a woman told the Youghal life- boat coxswain that her husband and another man had put out from Youghal on...