LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Wallace Rose and the Ex-Norwegian Steamer Rusk
OCTOBER 20TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
At 10.45 A.M. the S.S. Wallace Rose entered the bay flying signals for a boat and stretcher, as she had shipwrecked men on board. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...
A Boat
Disaster averted at Whitby When two lifeboatmen at Whitby station spotted a small boat heading seawards one afternoon in January 2003, they knew the crew of three were putting their lives at riskHelmsman John Pearson and Mechanic Glenn...
Yacht Aquila
Margate, Kent - At 4.27 p.m. on 7th December, 1969, it was learnt that the 50 ft. ketch yacht Aquila, on passage from Newhaven to London with a crew of four, had fired red flares. She had ripped her mainsail in a sudden squall and had...
A Gift of Gratitude Was Presented to Ryde Station Branch By Members of 'Ten Mess' Hms Fife Thirteen Years Ago Petty Officer Bridle Was Rescued from a Fishing Boat
A gift of gratitude was presented to Ryde station branch by members of 'Ten Mess', HMS Fife. Thirteen years ago Petty Officer Bridle was rescued from a fishing boat accident by the lifeboat and last year he and his shipmates... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marlow and District Branch
An outrageous raft race raised over £2,000 for the Marlow and District branch in September last year. The race was organised by Harrisons Sports and Social Club from High Wycombe, and was held on the Thames. Competitors were kitted out... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Getting the message
The RNLI is preparing for Summer with its updated beach safety messages.
Last year’s Beachwise message – to always swim at a lifeguarded beach – reached more than 25M people through its radio launch. At the end of the...
Category: Articles
Jura
Cromer, Norfolk. At 11.20 on the morning of the 13th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Lloyd's agent had asked for the assistance of the life-boat to refloat the motor vessel Jura of Gronin- gen, which...
When the Swiss Cargo Ship Nyon (5,000) Tons Ran Aground Near St. Abbs in November, 1958, the Local Life-Boat Provided the Longest Service by one of the Institution's Life-Boats - 11 Days and Nights
When the Swiss cargo ship Nyon (5,000) tons ran aground near St. Abbs in November, 1958, the local life-boat provided the longest service by one of the Institution's life-boats - 11 days and nights.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir George Shee: An Appreciation
THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...
Category: Articles
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JANUARY 19TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During a north-northeast gale of eighty-seven miles an hour, cries for help were heard and it was believed that a small boat was in difficulties, but nothing was found. It was...