LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June 1971 to 31st August 1971: Launches 1,330, lives saved 787 THE ACTIVE FLEET (as at 31/8/71) 135 station life-boats 111 inshore rescue boats LIVES RESCUED 94,443 from the Institution'...

Regular customers at the "Rising Sun" in the City of London are expected to carry with them certain unusual coins which they are known to possess. If they fail to produce them fines are imposed, and in this way the landlord, Mr. F....

MARCH 9TH - 29TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.

At 7.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground. She was the S.S. Flimston, of over 4,500 tons, laden with steel and with a crew of 38. She...

" MAN the life-boat! man the life-boat! Hearts of oak, the tempest brave; See, the shatter'd vessel staggers; Hound her billows foam and rave.

See the ark of refuge launching: See her hardy crew prepare For the...

WITH reference to our article under the above heading in the May issue of the Life-boat Journal, we are now able, through the courtesy of the British Consul-General at St. Petersburg, to supplement our survey by giving some details with...

AGM 1988 The RNLI's annual meetings for 1988 will take place on Tuesday, May 10 at the South Bank, London. The governors' annual general meeting takes place in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at 11.30 am and the annual presentation of...

It is not only the stunning and varied birdlife that makes a visit to Greenland unforgettable, but also the most breathtaking and spectacular landscapes in the world. There will be opportunities for whale watching and listen to our...

Arwed Emminghaus (below), a 26.6 m rescue cruiser with daughter boat from the Federal Republic of Germany. Other foreign lifeboats which will visit Plymouth are Sigurd Golje, a 78' patrolling steel lifeboat from Sweden; Patron Emil... - View image in PDF