LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

"Extra cash has changed our lives Like so many other retired couples, Graham Southworth and his wife Marjorie of Blackpool have realised that they can afford a few luxuries in retirement - by making use of their biggest asset: their...

Presentation of Prizes in Greater London.

THE challenge shield and individual prizes won by Greater London schools in the Life-boat Essay Competition this year were presented by Major- General the Right Hon. J. E....

Deeds of Covenant Thanks to the members who signed the deed of covenant in the Autumn 1993 issue of THE LIFEBOAT a total of 998 new covenants were received, resulting in an extra income of £5,600pa. If you missed the opportunity to...

Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI

Stepping up the safety message

The RNLI’s thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones to the sea in 2016. A summer of hot weather...

BY winning a second-service clasp to his silver medal for the rescue of the two men from the barge Sepoy, as described on page 197, Coxswain Henry G. Blogg has equalled a record which has stood in the history of the Institution for...

The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt- are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Iba, minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a mtm heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...

Dispatches RNLI Photographer of the Year 2006 The first ever RNLI Photographer of the Year competition, open to everyone at the charity’s lifeboat stations and lifeguard units, recorded the drama of working in a lifesaving environment using...

By Commander E. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.

WE left Cowes just before 7 A.M. of the 4th October. I had with me the Blyth Coxswain and three men, the Blyth Motor Mechanic, the...