LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
York Off Road Car Club
Following a sponsored race meeting organised by York Off Road Car Club at Stockton on Forest village hall, the club secretary Jenny Curzon presented a cheque for £349 to the RNLI. The RNLI Grand Prix for radio controlled I/lOth scale... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Brooch Bars for Medallists
BROOCH bars for winners of the medals awarded by the Institution have recently been introduced and are now issued to all medallists. The bars are covered with the Institution's medal ribbon, which is light blue in colour, and are 1| in....
Category: Medals
With courage, nothing is impossible
The new RNLI memorial in Poole is a sculptural celebration of humanity at its best. But how did such an inspirational landmark come into being?
On a corner plot by a busy road, a metallic structure glints in the sunlight....
Category: Articles
Holiday shock
When a rip current dragged a pregnant woman out to sea, Wicklow lifeboat volunteers sprang into action – and discovered she was not the only person with her life in danger
Wicklow’s inshore and...
Category: Articles
Books
BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...
Category: Articles
Helen, of Stornoway
'On the 31st August the sloop Helen, of Stornoway, bound from Cullen to the Moray Firth, was obliged to come to an anchor, during a gale at N.W., in the bay to the east of the small fishing harbour of Lossiemouth.
In...
Bronze Medal for Norfolk Second Coxswain
AT half past nine on the evening of Saturday the 18th May, 1963, the Wells coastguard told the honorary secretary, Dr. E. W. Hicks, that a cabin cruiser was aground at the entrance to Blake- ney harbour.
The life-boat Cecil...
Category: Services
Books
Books The Story Of The Dover Lifeboats The Story Of The Hoylake and West Kirby Lifeboats written and published by Jeff Morris, prices in text Jeff Morris, Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, continues his prolific...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1853
Moved by Capt. SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy Master of the Trinity House, and seconded by Mr. J. D. POWLES.
1.—That the Report now read be adopted, published, and circulated.
Moved by Mr. THOMAS CHAPMAN,...
Category: Meetings
Northern Queen, of Lowestoft (1)
Aldeburgh, and Lowes toft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 14th February, 1938, the Aldeburgh motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 8.30 A.M. on information from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a fishing smack was in distress several...