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Civil Service Life-Boat Fund

Date: February 1882

Volume: 11

Issue: 123

AT the annual meeting of the Committee, held on the  10th Jan., at the General Post Office, the Honorary Secretary, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., reported that the Fund had experi- enced more than usual prosperity during the past year,...

Category: Meetings

Contents

Date: Winter 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 543

Lifeboat In this issue News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services Including the service at Lerwick which led to a Gold Medal, five Bronze Medals and two Thanks on Vellum Safety in Numbers 18 The RNLI has fought...

Category: Contents

Maritime Books (Readers Union Ltd)

Date: Winter 1982

Volume: 48

Issue: 479

f MARITIME BOOK BARGAINS from The No-Nonsense Book Society Tor All Who Love The Sea The Maritime Book Society is a unique, personal service offering books on every practical aspect of boatowning and modern seamanship. Our books provide all...

Category: Advertisement

Dear Reader

Date: Winter 2013

Volume: 61

Issue: 606 Lifeboat Magazine Winter 2013

When I mentioned at work that I was going to join Ballycotton lifeboat crew, they were so supportive. They know that I need to go home on the dot on training days. They also know I have to eat half an hour before I leave to ensure I’m not...

Category: Articles

Letters and Membership

Date: Autumn 2005

Volume: 60

Issue: 574

Dear Editor Further to your recent rescue account from Appledore, I thought your readers might be interested in the attached.

We acquired Boarding Boat 132 in 1994 after nearly 30 years' service at Appledore lifeboat...

Category: Correspondence

Four Survivors from a D.U.K.W. Which Overturned In Rough Seas Off Blackpool on 19th December, 1966

Date: June 1967

Volume: 40

Issue: 420

Four survivors from a D.U.K.W. which overturned in rough seas off Blackpool on 19th December, 1966. One of the men was drowned as he was being rescued.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

'Big Sister' Is World Leader

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

BY the end of the 1960s it was obvious that a larger lifeboat, which could operate at night was needed. After testing various rigid hull boats, the RNLI chose one pioneered by Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare at Atlantic College, South Wales. The...

Category: Articles

Naming Ceremonies

Date: April 1952

Volume: 33

Issue: 360

TEN new motor life-boats were named during 1951. Seven were on the Eng- lish coast, at New Brighton (Liverpool), Margate, Scarborough, Lytham, Culler- coats, Newbiggin and Redcar; two on the Scottish coast, at Arbroath and Anstruther; and...

Category: Inaugurations

Your Letters

Date: Summer 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 521

Sweet Revenge Please allow me to have sweet revenge on my friend Mr Tony Pearce, who is the auxiliary in charge of St Davids coastguard station.

When I first took over as the honorary secretary of St Davids lifeboat station...

Category: Correspondence

Cover Picture

Date: Summer 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 533

COVER PICTURE by Rick Tomlinson A Trent class lifeboat on trials off Cowes in winds gusting to 50 knots. This is one of many spectacular photos which appear in Rick Tomlinson's 1996 Lifeboat Calendar. Details on page... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs