LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The night of the Nafsiporos rescue
Drifting in a raging storm in the middle of the Irish Sea, the crew of the stricken Greek freighter, Nafsiporos, feared they’d never see their families again. Who had the skill and courage to get to them in time? It’s only 3½ weeks...
Category: Articles
Matam II
French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had been received from...
Lifeboat lottery
SUMMER LOTTERY
Ms Oke of Cheshire scooped the £5,000 first prize in the Summer Lifeboat
Lottery and enjoyed a visit to Hoylake Lifeboat Station to celebrate her win.
Category: Articles
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governors The following have been appointed Honorary Life-Governors of the Institution and are presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution: MR....
Category: Awards
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 143 station life-boats 101 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 90,321 from the Institution's foundation in...
Category: Services
After Her Naming and a Service of Dedication on Sunday July 19
After her naming and a service of dedication on Sunday July 19, New Brighton's new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat is towed across the beach ready for launching. She is one of the Atlantics generously provided by Fred Olsen Lines... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Logwatch
Logwatch, a new electronic navigational instrument made by the marine equipment division of R. P. Jeffers and Company, has recently been evaluated by the RNLI design department. It is an electronic digital log with an integral chronometer...
Category: Articles
A Rescue Party Waits to Take An Injured Man from Aboard the Teignmouth Lifeboat to Hospital.
A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
February (1)
DOWNINGS, CO. DONEGAL. While out fishing off Innisboffin Island on the 27th of November, 1942, the motor fishing boat Star of Hope, of Downings, foundered and sank while her herring nets were being hauled, and a fresh north-west breeze was...
Category: Services
Swamped By Waves,
Swamped by waves, the boat goes under Mr Steward and friend Mr A tkinson manage to cling to the ferry, but Mrs Steward is swept under. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs