LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Central Operations/Information Room Rnli Headquarters Poole
CALLERS TO THE CENTRAL OPERATIONS/ INFORMATION ROOM on the fourth floor of the RNLFs headquarters are frequent. During a typical morning, the chief of operations may wish to be given particulars of recent lifeboat passages, the trials...
Category: Articles
Why You Should Go Offshore
Offshore is a new grade of RNLI membership, intended especially for those who use the sea - rates and details are on the following page.
Offshore members receive various benefits - including discounts on marine...
Category: Articles
Hornchurch and Rainham Branch's
A one-sided fight at Hornchurch. A member of the Metropolitan Police Force womens' self defence team makes light work of a would-be attacker during a demonstration at Hornchurch and Rainham branch's silver jubilee... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue After Two Tankers Collide
AT 10.20 on the night of the 25th of October, 1960, two coastal tankers collided near the entrance to the dock at Sharpness on the Rivern Severn.
One was the Arkendale, which was loaded with 206 tons of diesel oil. The...
Category: Services
The Isabel, of Liverpool
On the 18th September, at 5 a.m., a small schooner was observed to be on shore on the North Bar, off Barmouth, on the Welsh coast, her crew being lashed in the rigging. The life-boat of the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was, as quickly as...
Coxswain's Third Silver Medal
Shoals had been finally cleared the coxswain set course for Longhope. The life- boat reached Longhope pier at 6.30 and landed the survivors. She was refuelled and ready for service again at 7 o'clock.
In addition to the...
Category: Services
Four Fishing Cobles and Margaret and James
AIR AND SEA SEARCH FOR COBLE Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 29th May, 1962, when several fishing cobles were at sea, the honorary secretary asked the coastguard about the weather prospects as conditions seemed to be growing...
(Below Right) Coxswain Harry Jones Welcomes the Chairman Major-General Ralph Farrant to Hoylake Lifeboat Station on April 25 Committee and Crew Were Present In Str
(Below right) Coxswain Harry Jones welcomes the Chairman, Major-General Ralph Farrant, to Hoylake lifeboat station on April 25.
Committee and crew were present in strength to meet him and show him their 37' 6"... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Endeavour
Kirkcudbright.—On the evening of the 3rd of August, 1957, the life-boat J. B. Couper of Glasgow was returning from a visit to Port William for pub- licity when a message was received at 8.10 from Portpatrick radio that red flares had been...
Freda, Star of Hope and Radiant Morn
The Staithes fishing fleet put out at 5 a.M. on the 20th December in moderate weather.
Later the wind got .up, and by 10.30 A.M. a moderate and increasing N.N.W.
gale was blowing, with a heavy...