LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Two fishermen lost LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD received a 999 call at 2159 on August 19, 1979, from Braystones reporting that twomen who had gone fishing in an inflatable dinghy had not returned. It was thought that they had gone south to the...
Naming Ceremonies
Dover PRINCESS MARINA, Duchess of Kent, the president of the R.N.L.I., named the new Dover life-boat, Faithful Forester, at Dover on 26th July, 1967. The 44-foot steel boat was a gift from the Ancient Order of Foresters - the eighth to be...
Category: Inaugurations
Rnli Director Rear Admiral W J Graham (I) With Mr Roger Smith Deputy Chairman of Tricentrol Plc
RNLI director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham (I), with Mr Roger Smith, deputy chairman of Tricentrol PLC after the official handing over by the oil company of their gift of a new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat for use in the relief fleet. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
JOHNSHAVEN, KINCARDINESHIRE.—The wind and sea having increased while some fishing-boats belonging to Gourdon were at sea on the 31st Jan., 1895, it was dangerous for them to attempt to return to their harbour. They were therefore warned off,...
Category: Services
A Dinghy
DUTCH COASTER'S SEARCH ' Walmer, Kent. At 12.52 a.m. on 2nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch coaster Vivat had reported seeing a small boat hi which several people were shouting for help...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Hilda II and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 12th of August, 1951, the local fishing cobles Hilda II and Rachel were at sea. The weather got worse and they felt anxious for them; so at 9.8 the life-boat E.C.J.R. was launched in a...
On Easter Sunday the Eight Young Ladies Shown Here, Dressed In R.N.L.I. Jerseys and Red Mini-Skirts, Walked from Tower Bridge to Hyde Park Corner
On Easter Sunday the eight young ladies shown here, dressed in R.N.L.I.
jerseys and red mini-skirts, walked from Tower Bridge to Hyde Park Corner— a distance of 20 miles—circumnavigating the city and West End. Organisations... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sand Runner
LISTING VESSEL Selsey, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.20 a.m. on 5th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary at Selsey that Niton radio station had received a distress call from the motor vessel Sand Runner, of Goole....
Queen of the Fleet
On the afternoon of the 13th January a ketch was seen to anchor off Southsea -Castle and close to broken water, and as she was near to the shore and possibly bumping it, the coxswain of the Life-boat Heyland was informed, the crew were...