LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ocean Starlight
At 5.30 a.m. on 5th February, 1967, news was received that a fishing vessel, while leaving Stornoway harbour, had stopped rather suddenly and drifted out of sight under the land inside Helm Head.No distress signals, however, had been seen or...
Naming Ceremony at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
THE motor life-boat which the Insti- tution has built for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to take the place of the motor life-boat destroyed by fire while being overhauled at Cowes in June of last year, was named at the building yard of Messrs....
Category: Inaugurations
The Armed Trawler Snakefly
FEBRUARY 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.58 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel in distress east-south-east of the coastguard station. A southerly gale was blowing against the first of the flood tide and raising a very rough broken sea...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor.
Mr. ROBERT LEES has been elected an HONORARY LIFE-GOVERNOR of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given to the life-boat service as honorary secretary of the Wicklow...
Category: Awards
The Institution Mourns
A GREAT loss has, within the last few weeks, fallen on the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and the Life-boat Cause has been deprived of a strong supporter and constant friend by the death of ALGERNON GEORGE PERCY, Sixth Duke of...
Category: Articles
Solar flair
Solar panels on the roof of RNLI College in Poole, Dorset, are reducing our carbon footprint and saving money.
Within 3 weeks of installation, the panels had generated their first megawatt hour of power – worth £430....
Category: Articles
Where Help Is Wanted
THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in Greater London and the Mid- lands, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting...
Category: Advertisement
Margaret
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of January, 1958, the honorary secretary was informed that the local motor fishing vessel Margaret had left the harbour at four o'clock to attend her lines and was...
Mrs B Braithwaite,
Mrs B Braithwaite, convener of the lifeboat shop in Edinburgh and supporter of the RNLI for many years. Mrs Braithwaite was a guild member for over 25 years and was awarded the Institution's Silver badge in 1981..
Category: Obituaries
Inflatables Were First Introduced Into Service In 1962 and the Current Development Is the Atlantic 21 Rigid Bottomed Inshore Rescue Boat Here Shown at Speed
Inflatables were first introduced into service in 1962, and the current development is the Atlantic 21 rigid bottomed inshore rescue boat, here shown at speed. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of David Parker. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs