LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Surfboard
nflatable saves surfer in conditions outside normal limits for D class Helmsman Peter Roberts and crew members Gavin Forehead and James Dixon of St Agnes were aboard the station's D class lifeboat on 30 October 1996 in a service which...
Services of Life-Boats
BRIDLINGTON. — On the 22nd of March last, at 3 A.M., the wind blowing strong from E.N.E. at the time,' and a heavy sea running, signals of distress were observed from Bridlington Quay on board the schooner Albion, which had on the...
Category: Services
Union Mars
Cargo vessel alert AT 0450 ON FRIDAY. October 16, 1987— the day Britain was hit by the worst storms for 200 years—the coaster Union Mars reported to coastguards that she had suffered steering failure three miles south south east of St...
RNLI News
NEWSPOINT Few can complain at the amount of exposure the Institution has received on television recently.
Hardly had the Salcombe- Dased documentary left our TV screens than BBC's 'Blue Peter' took up the...
Category: Articles
Teesmouth September 14 1986:
Teesmouth, September 14, 1986: Tees Dock quay space is normally full of steel ready for export. This particular Sunday, however, saw a small oasis of colour appear as the site was made ready for the naming ceremony of Teesmouth's 47ft... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Thunderbolt Aeroplane and a Walrus Amphibious Aeroplane
JUNE 26TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. At 8.30 in the evening the honorary secretary of the life-boat station was on duty at the local observation post where it was known that the pilot of a Thunderbolt aeroplane to the north of Caister, coming in...
Two Minutes
With huge numbers of visitors expected in the south west for the solar eclipse on 11 August the RNLI and the other emergency services had their contingency plans in place… Mike Floyd watched events unfold at the Coastguard MRCC at Falmouth...
Category: Articles
Varley Batteries
The battery that's fitted to the Atlantic The Atlantic 21 was designed for the RNLI to withstand the arduous conditions involved in high speed search and rescue operations.
This special boat needs a very special battery...
Category: Advertisement
The Rnli Float Carrying a 21' Atlantic Ilb at the Lord Mayor's Show on November 10 the Theme Was 'The Year of the Life-Boat' By Courtesy of Keystone
The RNLI float carrying a 21' Atlantic ILB at the Lord Mayor's Show on November 10. The theme was 'The Year of the Life-boat'. by courtesy of Keystone. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
French Life-Boat Society
THE two French Life-boat societies have now been re-formed under one authority. This will be known as the 'Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer'.
The President of the new society will be Admiral Amman. His...
Category: Articles