LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Skilful ILB Rescue off Southwold SHORTLY before 10 a.m. on 6th February, 1972, Mr. Patrick Pile, a member of the Southwold inshore life-boat crew, walked to the end of the harbour mouth. The wind was east south east, force 6, and gusting...

HELPED CATAMARAN Life-boat O.N. 44-001. Later the same day while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was coming out of the river Medina after assisting a sailing dinghy, a catamaran was seen to capsize in the fresh south-westerly breeze...

THERE'S a brave and gallant host Worthy of Britannia's boast, Lions of our sea-girt coast When there's danger on the sea.

Midst the tempest's blaze and blare, Thunder roll and lightning glare, They have...

THE Royal National Life-boat Institution exhibited at the International Boat Show at Earl's Court, London, on 3rd-13th January, 1973, the first of a new type of life-boat. She was a Rother class boat (see photograph above), in direct...

Phil, interviewed on page 18, lost his son to the sea. Now he has pledged his support for the RNLI’s Respect the Water campaign, which this year will reach more people than ever. It wasn’t easy for Phil to talk about the tragedy that has hit...

The image of the RNLI affects almost every aspect of its operation. Without a high profile in the public eye the task of the fundraisers is made more difficult.

Concepts form at an early age, and the way youngsters perceive...

Jersey's Grand Summer Ball on July 10 was held at Government House, Jersey, with the kind co-operation of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor General Sir Peter Whiteley and Lady Whiteley, president of the guild.

It...

Portrait of Coxswain Richard Evans unveiled for first time Coxswain Richard Evans BEM of Moelf re is the subject of an RNLI-commissioned portrait which is to hang in a meeting room at Poole Headquarters.

The artist of the... - View image in PDF