LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Men Not In a Boat:
Three men not in a boat: should the twin-engined lift 6in C class inflatable lifeboat ever have the misfortune to capsize, this is the correct way to right her. The demonstration, given by RNLI staff at Cowes base, shows how the special... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss G M Milburn
JULY 1988:Miss G. M. Milburn, donor of the Waveney class lifeboat The White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class lifeboat Gwynaeth, both stationed at Whitby.William Pritchard, coxswain of Beaumans lifeboat until his retirement in 1980.
Category: Obituaries
Below: Dunbar
Below: Launching restrictions mean that Dunbar's Trent class has to launch from the power station up the road but the old red sandstone boathouse is still home to the station's D class and crew facilities.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
International Boat Show
AS THE CLIMAX of 'The Year of the Lifeboat', the RNLI will be playing a prominent part in the 1975 International Boat Show at Earls Court from January 1 to 11. The very first thing visitors approaching the exhibition from Warwick...
Category: Articles
Orleans and Jan Van Toon
Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...
Great Railjourneys
The Canadian Through the Rockies by Train Travel with the UK's leading specialist in holidays by rail on this epic 17-day journey across Canada. A friendly and professional Tour Manager accompanies all departures so sit back, relax and...
Category: Advertisement
Love our lifesavers
We celebrated the work of some very special RNLI volunteers at our Annual Presentation of Awards in May. Here we feature Natasha Lambert, and two other dedicated volunteers
The RNLI has no...
Category: Articles
Left. the Us Coastguard
Left. The US Coastguard is a government-funded body which has roles other than lifesaving. The 44ft cutter pictured here was the basis for the RNLI's Waveney class, the first class of fast lifeboat in the Institution's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The "Dunleary" (Civil Service No. 6). Presented By the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
A Non-self-righting Motor Life-boat of the Watson type (45 ft by 12 ft. 6 in.}. Fitted with a Tylor engine developing 60 B.H.P.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue from French Yacht
ACTING Coxswain Eric Grandin of St. Helier, Jersey, has been accorded the Institution's thanks inscribed on vellum for the rescue of four people from the French yacht Kraken which went aground on 26th March, 1967. The St. Helier honorary...
Category: Services