LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Life-boat Institution's depot at Boreham Wood was completed in July, 1939. It replaced the old store-yard on the Thames at Poplar, which had served the Institution for more than fifty years.

The Poplar store-yard...

More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.

Valentia - Ireland Division Valentia is the RNLI's westernmost lifeboat station, situated on the rugged coast of Co. Kerry, in south west Ireland. The Severn class...

Address your letters to: The Editor, The Lifeboat, RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ or email us at: [email protected] All submissions should be clearly marked 'for publication' In reply to the letter from GM Reid...

Annual Presentation of Awards ' It has been a busy year for the RNLI - in fact, probably its busiest ever in 181 years. Supporters are now invited to reflect on the events of 2005 at a very special day.The RNLI's Annual General...

A CHAKITY competition, in which the Committee of Management have given permission for the Institution's name to be included, is to be started at the beginning of next year by the Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk...

ON the afternoon of 29th October, a steamer arriving at Kingstown, on the south side of Dublin Bay, reported that a ship had gone ashore. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea.

The Motor Life-boat was launched...

IN 1948 the life-boats of the Institution were called out 603 times to vessels in distress.

Ten years ago the number was 485.

That was then a record year for time of peace. In each of the three years since...

AT 9.49 on the night of the 19th of September, 1954, the honorary secre- tary of the Exmouth station, Mr.

P. H. C. Butler, was told by the coast- guard that a flashing light had been seen near the Maer Rocks at the approach...