LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Espaniola
Three rescued in strong winds and poor visibilityThe RNLI's chief of operations has congratulated the crew of Holyhead's Tyne class lifeboat St Cybi II following a service to the 52ft yacht Espaniola.
In his letter...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Breadwinner, Orient and Dolly Graham (1)
Eyemouth, and St. Abbs, Berwickshire.— At 10.7 in the morning, on the 24th of April, 1950, the Eyemouth life-boat authorities received a message from a Burnmouth fisherman that the motor fishing vessel Breadwinner, of Burn- mouth, was in...
Newly-Invented Sounding Instrument
THE principle on which this novel instrument is constructed to act, consists in obtaining the weight of the column of water resting on the ground, a principle which, simple as it is, and beautiful in its simplicity, could only have been...
Category: Articles
On the High Seas
ALTHOUGH the work of the Institution is to succour those in peril from shipwreck round our coasts, it is well that we should never forget the perils of those on the high seas, the gallant rescues performed there, and the long suffering which...
Category: Articles
Relief Brede: Champagne Breaks Over the Bow of the 33Ft Brede Relief Lifeboat Named Rnlb Merchant Navy
Relief Brede: Champagne breaks over the bow of the 33ft Brede relief lifeboat named RNLB Merchant Navy to mark the generous support given to the lifeboat service over many years by merchant seamen. The ceremony took place in St Katharine... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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C classjj-Iu_cksjthreejto safety from cliff base The rescue of three people from cliffs on the Cardigan coast has earned two C class crew members the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum, with a third going to an off-duty lifeguard...
Philatelic souvenirs
IT is NOW MORE than four years since the series of official RNLI commemorative covers was started. These colourful philatelic souvenirs of events in the life of the Institution were first issued in 1974 during the 150th anniversary year,...
Category: Articles
Safely home
Tynemouth’s Severn class all-weather lifeboat Spirit of Northumberland is pictured towing a disabled fi shing boat to her home port of North Shields on 11 August. Trudie May’s skipper made an emergency call after his salmon nets got caught...
Category: Articles
Not Such a Fun Run!
Pictured are Richard Buckman aboard Sea Dragon, and crew members Peter Hooper, Ivan Greer and helmsman Jerry Norris aboard Blue Peter I.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ceremonies
Relief - Atlantic 75 Rotaract I On a bright November Saturday afternoon nearly 80 Rotaractors with a sprinkling of Rotarians gathered at the Poole Depot Quay for the naming ceremony of a new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B718.
It...
Category: Inaugurations