LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Below Bottom PictureThe Fastest Lifeboat
Below, bottom picture.The fastest lifeboat at the conference was the Dutch rigid inflatable Johannes Frederic class. This 14.4m (47ft) rigid inflatable with an aluminium hull is capable of 36 knots, almost the fastest lifeboat at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ex-Coxswain John Watters
Ex-coxswain John Walters died on 2nd September, 1965, at the age of 66. A distinguished member of the life-boat service, he had served as coxswain of the Fowey life-boat for over twenty-five years. He was awarded the Institution's bronze...
Category: Obituaries
Southern Cross
Lifeboatman put aboard yacht in gale force winds after skipper is taken ill The night-time rescue of two people aboard a yacht in gale force winds has earned Richard Hawkins, Coxswain/Mechanic of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat,...
Coxswain Albert Bird (R) Aberdeen Entertains Skipper John Thomas Former Assistant Mechanic at Dungeness and the Man Who Saved His Life When Dungeness Lifeboat R
Coxswain Albert Bird (r.), Aberdeen, entertains Skipper John Thomas, former assistant mechanic at Dungeness and the man who saved his life when Dungeness lifeboat rescued six men from Teeswood in the great Channel gale of 1956; a service for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Baby Emu Tries to Snatch Back the Cheque for £580 He and Rod Hull Have Just Handed Over to Ray Kipling Deputy Public Relations Officer Rnli at Bentalls Kingston-U
Baby Emu tries to snatch back the cheque for £580 he and Rod Hull have just handed over to Ray Kipling, deputy public relations officer, RNLI, at Bentalls, Kingston-upon- Thames. The money was raised by Emu's country-wide promotion... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Met Together at Poole for the DOS's Conference: (I to R) Kenneth Thirlwell Manager Northern Appeals Depot; George Price East; Basil Hutchinson West Midlands; Pat W
Met together at Poolefor the DOS's conference: (I. to r.) Kenneth Thirlwell, manager Northern Appeals Depot; George Price, East; Basil Hutchinson, West Midlands; Pat Whittaker, North East; Glyn Williams, Wales; Peter Sturdee, South West;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Exercise Poolespill
'At 0600 on Friday, October 24, 1975, an oil tanker struck a submerged object off Studland Bay, Dorset, and 200 tons of oil spilled into the sea . . . . Miles of beaches, and marine and bird life, were threatened by what looked like a...
Category: Articles
Model Effort:
Model effort: this half size replica of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 44ft Waveney lifeboat Barham took eight months and several hundred man hours to complete and will be used to raise funds for the RNLI by being rented out to fetes and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
First in the world I was most interested to read the article on Lionel Lukin in the summer number of THE LIFEBOAT. I see that the author is a member of the Hythe branch of the RNLI. If he has not already read the article on Lionel Lukin...
Category: Correspondence
2014: A year in numbers
In 2014, RNLI lifeboats launched 8,462 times and our busiest station was Tower on the River Thames, with 543 launches.
Volunteer lifeboat crews rescued 8,727 people – an increase from 2013’s 8,384 rescues – with 368...
Category: Articles