LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature: Lifeboat Lottery
The spring 2004 Lifeboat Lottery was the highest earning RNLI lottery ever, raising over £381,000 - the equivalent of two inshore lifeboats, a hovercraft and the training of their crews. Congratulations go to first prize winners Mr and...
Category: Articles
Surviving at Sea
As an organisation that aims to improve safety at sea – and one that is rooted in the UK’s maritime heritage – the Lloyd’s Register Group (LRG) shares plenty of ground with the RNLI. In 2004 it set up a separate registered charity dedicated...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
Scotland North Division Twenty-nine rescued JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT on Monday September 29, 1980, the deputy launching authority of Stornoway lifeboat station was informed by HM Coastguard that the 1,615 gross ton motor fishing vessel Junella...
Category: Services
An Inflatable Dinghy
Floating away Arbroath's all-weather crew were assisting a local boat on 8 April 2006 when they noticed an inflatable dinghy being swept out to sea by tide and wind. D class John Charles Raybould and crew launched at 3pm to investigate....
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First season success Glorious sunshine brought many to Croyde and Woolacombe beaches, North Devon, on 11 June 2006, but high surf and strong rip currents combined to make a busy day for RNLI lifeguards. They used their rescue watercraft to...
Old friends in the Fund
Volunteers in New Brighton, Wirral, became the proud owners of a new inshore lifeboat in November 2009. This Summer, the B class will be given a special name, marking her place in a long line of lifeboats provided by The Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Hilton
L O N D ON BOATSHOW Hilton III aSSDCHltintl With National Boat Shows In January 2003 the London Boat Show makes its final appearance at Earls Court, before gliding downriver lo the all-new ExCeL Exhibition Centre for 2004. So come along for...
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October
Launches 45 Lives rescued 66 OCTOBER 4TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
On the night of the 3rd of October, HMS. Cam, with a crew of twenty-two, was being towed to West Hartlepool for repairs, by the American deep sea tug W.S.A.2....
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 12th January, 1917.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the...
Category: Committee
Canoes
Without a paddle Experienced canoeists James Candy Snr and Jnr were caught out in heavy surf off Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend, on 15 October 2005. Capsized by a large wave, the 13-year-old was unable to regain control in the choppy water and lost...