LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1969: Disaster at Longhope
A close-knit Orkney island remembers the courage and sacrifice of its lifeboat crew who lost their lives 50 years ago
A south-easterly gale had been pounding Scotland’s coast for days, heavy seas forcing the closure of...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1977
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 3.
Aith, Shetland July 13 and August 5.
Aldeburgh, Suffolk June 4, 7, July 8, 19 and August 17.
Amble, Northumberland June 20, July 24, August 4, 14 and...
Category: Services
Fundraising
Corporate fundraising When would you think of all these things together: a car, a train, a cruise ship, a bank and a shop? Are they perhaps all the items you need for a perfect holiday? In fact they are all things that the RNLI corporate...
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JUNE 26TH. - TOBERMORY, HEBRIDES. At nine in the evening a local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman who was seriously ill with appendicitis to Oban for an operation. As no other boat would be available until the...
People and Places
Around and about the RNLI Good Times in the London marathon Tony Williamson, the chairman of Littlehampton Branch is a keen marathon runner, and has already raised £1,300 for the Shoreham Lifeboat appeal when he competed in the New York...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
For teams of RNLI supporters who were game for an adventure and wanted to help raise funds for the lifeboats, all they needed were some crew and some wheels to take part in the RNLI Lifeboat Challenge.The 2001 North East Lifeboat Challenge...
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Lifeboat Services September October and November 1980
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: September 8. 28, November 12 and 17 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: September 20 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: September 10, October 5 and November 5 Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: October 8 and...
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The Steel-Hulled 48-Foot 6-Inch Oakley Mark III Life-Boat Which Is Now at Rosslare Harbour County Wexford the RNLI Is Fully Satisfied That Steel Hulls Are In Every Way As
The steel-hulled 48-foot 6-inch Oakley Mark III life-boat which is now at Ross- Lire Harbour, County Wexford. The R.N.L.I, is fully satisfied that steel hulls are in every way as satisfactory as wooden hulls, and at present nine steel... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Offshore Lifeboat Services September October and November 1975
Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 15.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork November 3 and 6.
Baltimore, Co. Cork September 13, October 10,26 and November 11.
Barrow, Cumbria September 2 and November...
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JUNE 30TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
A pilot was thought to have baled out from an aeroplane, but a target had broken away from her, and been mistaken for a man. - Rewards, £5 0S. 6d..