LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE hundred and twelfth Annual Meeting of the governors of the Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 6th May. Some 1,800 people were present.

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., as...

'horsing' the boat, she continued for a time to be launched with the aid of a locally-based regiment. Before being taken out of commission in 9 6John and Henrietta had been launched 61 times and rescued 27 lives. The boat was...

Fall from cliff THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Abersoch ILB station was informed by HM Coastguard at 1701 on Thursday August 23, 1979, that a boy had fallen from the cliff at Llanbedrog Head, two miles north east of the station. The...

DECEMBER 25TH. - LOWESTOFT SUFFOLK.

At 3.45 P.M. a man told the life-boat, coxswain that a small boat was in difficulties in the South Roads, and this was reported to the naval duty officer who kept the boat under...

JANUARY 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

At 9.31 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an airman could be seen in a dinghy to the N.N.E. A light wind was then blowing from E.N.E., but it...

ON SUNDAY, December 1, 1974, a service of thanksgiving and dedication on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI was held in St Giles' Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh. It was a simple but moving service, with clergy from...

John McCarthy presents RNLI video Journalist and broadcaster, John McCarthy, presents the new RNLI video which is being launched at the London International Boat Show at Earl's Court this month. John, embarked on a circumnavigation of...

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