LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Cobles
FOUR COBLES ESCORTED TO SAFETY Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 8.16 on the morning of the 24th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four cobles were still at sea in worsening weather conditions.
At 8...
Around the Coast—And Inland
THE PRESENTATION of a cheque for more than £50,000 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff to the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, was reported in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT. It was the amount raised up till that time by the...
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Little Darlings!
Katie, Melanie and Katie from Whittington Primary School spell out their message in 2p pieces.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
What's on this winter?
Courage on our coasts
For nearly a decade, professional Photographer and volunteer lifeboat Crew Member Nigel Millard has been capturing the spirit of the RNLI with stunning images of our...
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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...
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The RNLI and me: Ant Middleton
WHO IS ANT MIDDLETON?
Ant Middleton features in Channel 4’s SAS : Who Dares Wins, Mutiny and the forthcoming Escape. Born in Portsmouth and raised in France, Ant followed a career in the armed forces, eventually joining the Royal...
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Cover Picture
Hats off for the medallists! Pictured on hoard Galway Ba lifeboat Roy and Barbara Harding before this year's annual presentation of awards are those who received medals from HRH the Duchess of Kent. Left to right: John Pavill, Stephen... - View image in PDF
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Introduction
IF there be one subject more than another that might be expected to command the attention and enlist the sympathy of a maritime country like Great Britain, it surely must be the safety and welfare of those of her sons " whose business...
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The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LXVII. BRIGHTON.— The Robert Bailees, 32 feet by 7} feet, 10 oars.
IT is not our intention here to enter into a description of so well known a town as Brighton, which has been so happily described as "London by the...
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Ereina
HELICOPTER RESCUE At 8.46 p.m. on 3ist May, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a Swedish vessel had reported that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of the Margate sands beacon. There was one hour before low water, and it...