LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Red flares and a lifeboat alert interrupted the wedding reception of Nick White, a crew member of Weston-super-Mare lifeboat, and Alison Lyall on June 2. Nick's best man, brother Tim, and most of the lifeboat crew were among the guests... - View image in PDF

Decca was the first radar set aboard a lifeboat in this country.

That same Decca set is still serving on the same lifeboat; still guiding men through hard seas to safe harbours.

When the call is for solid...

Although not a knitter himself, Stourbridge branch secretary Chris Fonteyn does his best to give a helping hand during a three-hour sponsored knit-in, and has (I to r) Helen Bull, Jenny Turberfield and Meirwen Adams in stitches. Altogether... - View image in PDF

Coxswain Richard Eglon, of Whitby, who died on 18th September at the age of eighty-five, had had a long and distinguished career in the life-boat service. He had been an officer of life-boats for thirty-one years. He served as bowman at...

The Anatomical Mattress Topper used in hospitals and nursing homes is now available to give you improved sleep and comfort at home! SUPERIOR QUALITY, BRITISH MADE ANATOMICAL MATTRESS TOPPERS AND PILLOWS GIVE COMFORT, WARMTH AND RELIEF TO ALL...

WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE LIFE-BOATS The principal reason why people support the Royal National Life-boat Institution is that it saves lives irrespective of nationality, colour or creed. The second most important reason is that the R.N.L.I,...

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.40 in the afternoon, on the 17th of July, 1950, the Skegness police reported two rubber dinghies adrift off Huttoft. At two o'clock the life-boat Anne Allen was launched in a strong south-south-west breeze...

For decades, brave volunteers launched their Watson class
lifeboats to the rescue. Now the blueprint for a wellloved lifeboat that saved many lives has inspired a new RNLI Shop range. Celebrate our lifeboat heritage in style with...