LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Films Available
Three new films are now available to branches. All are in colour and 16 m.m.
sound.
One of the new films. From Baltimore to Littlehampton, which runs for 12 minutes, tells the story of how the 44-foot...
Category: Articles
Dear reader
When the general public think of RNLI volunteers, they think of crew, like me, probably a bit older, with a big thick beard!
The team at the Lifeboat asked me to introduce this issue as I have experience on the...
Category: Articles
An Aircraft,and Medea
At noon on 26th August, 1966, the Air Commandant, Guernsey Airport, told the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed off Alderney and asked if the life-boat could be sent to investigate.
Three aqua-lung divers, who...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.32 on the afternoon of the 31st of August, 1952, a message was received from a resident of Egremont that a sailing dinghy had been swamped by the wash from a liner, and that one man was in the water near the...
A Yacht (1)
The third call came about 7 A.M., when it was reported that a yacht had been seen drifting up the Solent.
The wind was still blowing a strong gale, at this time from the W.S.W., and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat...
Change of Address
IMPORTANT.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Owing to Expiration of Lease the Committee of Management have been compelled to REMOVE the Headquarters of the Institution from 14, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.,...
Category: Articles
Cover Picture
Holyhead's 47ft Tyne class lifeboat St Cybi II (Civil Service No. 40), which took up station duty on September 20, 1985. As her name implies, she is the fortieth lifeboat to be provided by the Civil Service, Post Office and British... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bantham Beauty
Bantham beauty The latest addition to the RNLI's fleet of lifeguard rescue boats was named CSMA/Frizzell 2005 in August 2005, providing lifesaving cover at Bantham, one of South Hams' most popular beaches. This is the second rescue... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yacht Raider
Torbay, Devon.—At 11.15 on the night of the 14th of June, 1952, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a red flare had been seen between four and five miles east of Berry Head, and at 11.40 the life-boat George Shee left her moorings. The...
Dulcebella
In the fourth case the interval between the two services was rather longer. On 17th April, 1922, the cutter Dulcebella, of Westcliff, with six people on board, ran aground on the Maplin Sands in a strong N.N.E. gale with a heavy...