LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Amor
During a strong gale from the S.W., on the morning of the 1st De- cember, signal-guns were fired from the Gull Light Ship. The Aid steam-tug and the- Bradford life-boat were immediately got ready, and in the course of twenty mi- nutes...
A Speed Boat
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Fiver II
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14 on the after- noon of the 12th of July, 1959, the life- boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No.
32) was returning to her station from Dover after being on display at the Royal Show at Oxford, when the...
Sylvia
Longhope, Orkneys. — Early on the morning of the 31st of January, 1957, the fishing yawl Sylvia, of Kirkwall, put out for lobster fishing. Before she was due to return a strong gale blew up, and as it was known that it would be extremely...
Pillaging Will Be Delayed Slightly
It is not often that a lifeboat tows a Viking longship, but it does happen! Moelfre's Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet is pictured doing just this on 15 July 1990 after receiving a call from the replica Longship Dyflin, based in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
Dear Editor I read Nick Page's letter regarding inflatable toys [the Lifeboat Summer 2006] with much fellow feeling. Being both a harbour master and an RNLI deputy launching authority I dislike these things with something close to a...
Category: Correspondence