LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT the end of the first Annual Report of the Institution, published on 10th March, 1825, is a list of thirty-two services for which it had given rewards during its first year. The first of these services took place on 10th July, 1824, and...

Fleetwood and Barrow, Lancashire - At 5.20 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the Fleetwood honorary secretary that a mayday call had been heard from a vessel south west of Lune buoy. This followed a report from Barrow that...

OCTOBER 22ND. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 6.57 A . M . a message was received from the port war signal station that a vessel was ashore off the Tyne, north of Souter Point. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and there was a moderate...

Robert Warner (seated on running board) organiser of the Bentley Drivers Club visit with other members and Anthony Oliver (left), national fund raising co-ordinator for the RNLI. Bteween them are the winning tickets and a commemorative... - View image in PDF

DRIFTING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Dover, Kent. At 3.19 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, a message was received by the honorary secretary from the eastern arm signal station that an outboard motor boat had broken down off Kingsdown near St....

IT has been admirably suggested that Ladies' Committees should be formed in every county, city and town in Great Britain and Ireland for the purpose of raising funds for the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. All will agree that the...

THIS article appeared in The Field on 8th April and is reproduced by permission of The Field'?, editor. We consider it a most helpful, informative and balanced article, although the comment about the attitude of crews towards...

THE Loss OF THE UTOPIA.

THE loss of a fine ship of 1,000 tons or more, with a valuable cargo on board, is- so frequent an occurence now-a-days, and yet the aggregate of such losses forms so small a per-centage to the...