LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kings of the Sea
The relationship between the RNLI and the Sea King helicopters of the RAF's Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre has proved vital in many rescue missions.
James Ferguson visited RAF Kinloss to find out more about...
Category: Articles
The RNLI and me: John Challis
As ‘Boycie’ he was a selfish yuppie keen to show his superiority – but in real life, actor John Challis is in awe of the lifeboat crews he generously supports
What’s your first...
Category: Articles
Two Small Vessels, Whim and Saucy Lass
Again on the 14th November, two small vessels, the pilot cutter IVhim, and the lugger Saucy Lass, were seen to be at anchor on the weather side of the Holm Sand, in an extremely dangerous position, and with sig- nals of distress flying. A...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Association
THE Annual Meeting of this Society was held on the 25th May last, at Willis's Rooms, under the chairmanship of his Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society. There were also present a large number of the friends and...
Category: Meetings
The American Steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore (2)
MAY 1ST. - NEWCASTLE, CLOUGHEY, AND DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. In the darkness of the early morning the American steamer Georgetown Victory, of Baltimore, ran ashore at Killard Point, Co. Down, while bound from Australia to Glasgow, with about...
The Centenary: In the Midlands and South Wales
A Life-boat Tour Through Sixteen Counties.
IN the Midlands and Wales the Cen- tenary was celebrated by a road tour of one of the Institution's reserve Life- boats, the Robert & Catherine, which for a number of...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN SWANSON, on his retirement, after serving for 34 J years as coxswain and 9 years as bowman of the Longhope life- boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and a pension.
To WILLIAM DYKE, on his retirement, after...
Category: Awards
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Trapped in mud TWO YOUNG GIRLS, Mandy Warren and Katie Flowers, were walking near Benarth Point on Conwy Estuary on Saturday morning, January 19, when, at about 0915, they heard shouts for help in the distance and shots being fired. They ran...
The Spanish Barque Primera de Torrevieja
On the 7th August, the Spanish barque Pritnera de Torrevieja, bound from Liverpool to the Havannah, with a valuable cargo, ran ashore on the Blackwater Bank. Information having been conveyed to the Cahore life- boat station, 12 miles distant...
The Joy of Diving
Those in the know describe scuba diving as entering an awe-inspiring and beautiful 'other' world. Unfortunately that experience can all too quickly change to nightmare.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs