LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Four-Engined R.A.F. Bombing Aeroplane
JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.46 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported that a four-engined bombing aeroplane, belonging to the R.A.F., had crashed in the sea about two and three-quarter miles east of the life-boat station. A light...
A Yacht (5)
At 9.52 p.m. on 6th August, 1966, a yacht with two people aboard was reported in difficulties off Fort Albert. At 10.6 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched. The tide was flooding.
There was a westerly wind...
Left: RNLI Senior Driver George Dadds
Left: RNLI senior driver George Dadds makes loading an Atlantic 21 look far too easy as he slips it on to the bed of his Mercedes. The truck is used mainly for long-haul work to Scotland and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Minesweeper Grenadier
JULY 31ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 5.45 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a minesweeper was approaching, and needed a doctor for a case of suspected appendicitis. A light northeast wind was blowing, and the...
Eve
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — At 11.23 in the morning of the 14th of October, 1951, pilots reported that a yacht with a body in tow was off Shoreham, and needed help. At 11.28 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched in calm...
Prince Michael of Kent Was One of Several Distinguished Visitors to the Rnli's Stand
Prince Michael of Kent was one of several distinguished visitors to the RNLI's stand at the London Boat Show. He is pictured talking to Wells lifeboatmen 'Sonny' Warner (right) and James Case aboard the slation's new Mersey... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Children's Collection
THE Alnwick Ladies' Life-boat Guild has carried out a very successful chil- dren's collection, which was organized by the Guild Chairman, Mrs. Norman Brown. Prince of Wales' Collecting Cards were given to children all over the...
Category: Donations
Notes of the Quarter
In his report on the past year's work at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution, which is given on page 70, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., the Chairman, described the past year as one of outstanding success in the...
Category: Articles
A Yacht (1)
Just after 1000 that morning Filey Coastguard reported a dismasted yacht off Filey Buoy. The wind had gone round to north west and had risen again to a fresh breeze, force 5; the sea was rough. At 1014 the lifeboat launched to escort the...
Life cycle
Each Summer, Londoners Nick Pleydell-Bouverie and Rad Hart-George swap their suits for cyclists’ Lycra and head off on the next stage of their RNLI Tour of Britain
The ambitious idea was...
Category: Articles