LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

50 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, October 1938 issue A New Medal for Gallantry SINCE the Institution was founded the head of the Sovereign has appeared on the obverse of the medals which it awards for gallantry. The first medals,...

Rad Hart-George and Nick Pleydell-Bouverie's journey began with an epic vision: to cycle the entire British coastline, visiting every lifeboat station along the way and raising money to help save lives at sea. And this Summer, they...

Edward Mockett, Coventry branch honorary secretary, receives a collecting box back from pupils of one of the 21 Coventry junior and infant schools which between them collected £160 for the RNLI.

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THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 291 Life-boat Stations...

THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 288 Life-boat Stations...

I’ve just experienced almost every kind of weather in one week. No, I’ve not been globe trotting, just holidaying in Cornwall. Waking variously to hot sunshine, chilly pea-souper, or lashing hail, I knew that whatever I chose to do, I’d meet...

THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 295 Life-boat Stations...

Blyth, Northumberland.

THE Blyth Life-boat Station was established in 1826, when the Newcastle Branch Association applied to the Institution for a Life-boat, and the Station was taken over by the Institution in 1866. It has...