LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Commemorative Items and Events During 1974 By Joan Davies
ON MARCH 4, 1824, a meeting was held in the City of London Tavern, presided over by Dr Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury, at which it was resolved to form the body which has since come to be known as the Royal National Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Marathon Effort
The Flora London Marathon is one of the UK’s most breathtaking fundraising events and this year 200 people ran as part of Team RNLI. Their combined and considerable efforts raised approximately £300,000, most of which will go towards...
Category: Articles
The Passage of the Motor Life-Boat "Dunleary" from Cowes to Kingstown
By Commander STOPFORD C. DOUGLAS, R.N., Inspector for the Irish District.
THE passage of this boat from Cowes to Kingstown gave her a. test to which Life-boats are not often subjected.
Many'encounter...
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Born to Be Wild
For the past seven years motorbike enthusiasts from far and wide have taken part in the Annual Classic Motorcycle Ride to raise funds for the RNLI. This year's event, which saw around 180 bikes arriving at Poole harbour on 11 June,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coast Fog Signal Experiments
THE general public, and especially those who live or have their business in the metropolis, have recently experienced the bewildering effects of fog on land, and will, perhaps, on that account have a sympathetic interest in what is being...
Category: Articles
Five Alive
PAGe tItLe RescUe FIVe ALIVe two miles from land, a group of kayakers was at the mercy of gale force offshore winds. How could they summon help and how long could they stay afloat? mairéad Dwane reports tHe DetAIL insHORe LiFeBOat B-789...
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New Life-Boat for Fraserburgh
A VERY interesting ceremony took place at Fraserburgh on the 4th August, when the new Motor Life-boat, the Lady Rothes, presented to the Institution by Mr. T. Dyer Edwardes, was named and launched in the presence of some thousands of...
Category: Inaugurations
People and Places
TV stars draw record breaking lottery Joan Hooley (Josie from EastEnders) and George Sewell (Matt Drayton in The Detectives) drew the winning tickets for the most successful Lifeboat Lottery ever on 26 January. The 92nd draw beat all...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Service December 1979 January and February 1980
February, 1980 Aldeburgh, Suffolk January 25 Amble, Northumberland January 25 Anstruther, Fife January 31 Arranmore, Co. Donegal December 17, 18, 28, 29 and January 25 Barrow, Cumbria January 13 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan February 17...
Category: Services
Life-Boat Services In 1903
Lives saved.
Fayaway, smack of Ramsey .. 2 Fenham, s.S., of Sunderland— assisted to save vessel.
Fingal, four-masted barque, of Dublin 32 Fishing Boats at Cullercoats, Filey, Gourdon, ...
Category: Services