LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Friends of Killyleigh
During the afternoon of the 26th February, the Life-boat Tyretta, in answer to signals of distress, was launched to the assistance of the schooner Friends, of Killyleigh, which vessel having had all her sails blown away while on a voyage...
Timbo, of Whitby
DURING the severe storms last December six Life-boat men lost their lives while on service. Five of them were members of the crew of the Life-boat at Rhoscolyn, in Anglesey, and the sixth belonged to the Boat at Johnshaven, in...
SSE support
We are now entering the third and final year of the RNLI’s partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. When work began on the Greater Gabbard...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution from the 1st Oct. To the 31st Dec. 1877
DUNDEE.—On the 5th October, it having been reported that a barque was ashore on the Abertay Sands, the Buddon- ness Life-boat Eleanora, and the English Mechanic Life-boat stationed at Broughty Ferry, proceeded to the sands and found the...
Category: Services
Feature Coming of Age
The RNLI has been saving lives at sea for 178 years. Beach Rescue has only been a part of this for two years, but it has come a long way since its formation as a trial project in early 2001 The RNLI became involved in Beach Rescue as a...
Category: Articles
'A twist of fate'
It’s Saturday 14 June, the day before Father’s Day. A gentle swell is building off Redcar, Cleveland. Two boats, each carrying a father and son, are out on fishing trips. The crew of one vessel will soon owe the other their...
Category: Articles
James Cuckow, of Ipswich
On the 6th March the schooner James Cuckow, of Ips- wich, went ashore on the Barnard Sand, daring a fresh gale from N.N.E. The life- boat Sisters was promptly launched to the wreck, and was fortunately the means of rescuing the whole of the...
Ring of Safety
There’s no mistaking an RNLI lifeboat – but what are all those other craft in the lifesaving team?
When RNLI lifeboat volunteers answer the call for help, they are launching to the front line in a battle to save lives –...
Category: Articles
Libertas,of Genoa
The same life-boat also went off on Sunday, the 31st of January, to the assist- ance of the barque Liebertas, of Genoa, which was bringing up in the roadstead during very heavy squalls from the S.W., when her cables parted, and she went on...
Mrs Olwyn Lloyd President of Conway Ilb Station and An Honorary Life Governor of the Rnll
Mrs Olwyn Lloyd, president of Conway ILB Station and an Honorary Life Governor of the RNLL. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs