LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On 19 October some 200 people gathered in Brighton Marina village square for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Thelma Glossop which was funded by Mr and Mrs Roy Glossop, in memory of Mr Glossop's first wife,... - View image in PDF

The Austin Motor Company, which is generously giving the Institution one shilling for each horse-power of every engine which it makes for a ship's life-boat, has now given £436: 8:-. The first gift of £240, presented to the...

Fire at sea: Both St Helier and St Peter Port lifeboats, the 44' Waveney Thomas James King and the 52' A run Sir William Arnold, launched on service on September 77, 7976, to go to the help of fishing vessel Mako, on fire 16 miles... - View image in PDF

LlZARD AND CADGWITH. The S.S. Suffolk, of London, 2,900 tons, bound from Baltimore for London, with a cargo of flour, tobacco, &c., and having a large number of cattle on board, struck the rocks at the Lizard Head during a dense fog at 4...

Contents Volume 51 Number 506 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD MN] RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15...

Britain's lifi depend on i so can you When engine dependability counts above all else, Castrol is chosen because it is proved safe for all engines . . . on the sea, in the air, and on the road. No other oil can match the Castrol total of...

The National Lifeboat Museum at Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, is being opened at weekends this summer with a temporary exhibition occupying a quarter of the available area.

Among the exhibits are a Weyburn engine,... - View image in PDF

ALL GROWN UP

Back in 2012, photographer Nigel Millard took a picture of the children of Tobermory’s crew trying on their parents’ kit. Almost 5 years later, the station recreated the iconic shot. Alexander Anderson (second...