LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Frank Kilroy, honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, goes Round the houses with Sir Charles Macara, who instigated Lifeboat Saturdays in 1891 One hundred years ago this year an event was held which changed the face of...

Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.7 on the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1958, the police at Broadford reported that a small dinghy with one man on board was adrift off the south end of Palay Island, two miles north of...

A NEW life-boat film called Gale Warnings, with a spoken commentary, is now in use, and the Institution's branches can ask for it at any time for showing in cinemas, at meetings, or privately.

The film is designed to...

Emsworth harbourmaster Sid Kennett is well known for announcing 'there's room fora goldfish to swim ' if his pint glass is not filled to the brim, but he was left speechless when Jan Jackson, landlady of the Bluebell Inn decided... - View image in PDF

Three inflated claims fora Beaufort boat It won't sink Famous last words, we know, but then our design's a bit different from an ordinary boat. For a start there are separate buoyancy chambers.

Even if the...

Lifeboat station histories The History of the Sheerness Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 This, the latest of the author's comprehensive booklets on RNLI stations, was published in late 1996 when Sheerness...

Simon Boutwood, aged 2±, is watched by Harrow Sea Cadets Stuart Payne and Terry Dormer as he clings to the model lighthouse advertising the R.N.L.I.

morning market at Stanmore.

The child's... - View image in PDF

Royal Bank account* that&ave live* at tea For the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to be able to continue its valiant and valuable work saving lives at sea, it needs to be able to plan ahead when it comes to fundraising. This...