LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Everyone has their own personal reasons for giving time or donations to the RNLI, but I think there's something we all have in common. We can't bear the thought of people being left at the mercy of the sea- or the thought of...

With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?

Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...

AUGUST 28TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. At 6.40 in the evening a telephone message was received from Scratby that an aircraftsman was being blown out to sea on a raft. The sea was choppy with a fresh west-north-west wind blowing. The man had gone...

The boat was very quickly and efficiently recovered by a horde of enthusiastic helpers, in pouring rain and gale force winds, under the expert coordination of the head launcher, Ronald White.

For...

• The Sea, Thine Enemy by Captain Kenneth Langmaid, D.S.C., R.N. (Jarrolds, 355.) is in fact a comprehensive survey of coastal lights and life-boat service.

This is undoubtedly a book which may be read with profit and...

STEAM COASTERS and Short Sea Traders WILD ROSE aground in the fiver Dee near Queensferry. The fast flowing tides sometime* lead to groundings but the vessels usually refloated on the next tide Regntered dimensions were 100.9'x 18.0'x...

THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING LIFEBOATS
26 January–22 April
Poole Museum, Dorset
Calm Before the Storm: The Art of Photographing Lifeboats celebrates the past and present of the RNLI. Glass plate images of...

The skippers of Aberdeen trawlers who are rewarded by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland when they recover tagged fish give their rewards to the R.N.L.I. They direct the Department to send the money to the honorary...