LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC When your organisation holds its next fund raising effort at a carnival, fete, donkey derby, boat show or similar activity you can make an additional £200 in a few hours by running a Teddy Bears Picnic. No financial...

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC When your organisation holds its next fund raising effort at a carnival, fete, donkey derby, boat show or similar activity you can make an additional £200 in a few hours by running a Teddy Bears Picnic. No financial...

Have you considered giving an RNLI virtual gift this Christmas?

Show your support for our lifesavers, and share the generous spirit of the festive season, by making a donation in a loved one’s name.

We...

During a cocktail party, organised by Kidlington branch in November, a Solent class lifeboat cake made by Mr Franklin of La Patisserie, a local cake shop, was presented as a raffle prize. The party, attended by Sir Alec and Lady Rose, raised... - View image in PDF

THE retirement of Commander T. G.

Michelmore, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, takes effect from the 30th of June, 1958.

Commander Michelmore joined the Life-boat Service as a...

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — 13th October, 1938. Shouts for help had been heard off Llandullas, but though the life-boat searched all night, she could find nothing. Later three boys in a boat were picked up in the...

YACHT'S CREW FOUND EXHAUSTED Hastings, Sussex. Following a telephone call from the motor mechanic to the honorary secretary at 5.0 on the afternoon of Tuesday the 3rd September, 1963, it was decided to launch the lifeboat M.T.C.,...

St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone aground on a reef near the Seven Stones lightship. At 7.10 the life-boat Cunard was...