LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In May a Delegation from the RNLI Visited Malmo Sweden for An International Conference of Voluntary Life-Boat Organisations Organised By the Swedish Life-Boat Services
In May a delegation from the R.N.L.I, visited Malmo, Sweden, for an International Conference of voluntary life-boat organisations organised by the Swedish Life-boat Service. During her voyage from Dover to the conference, the 52-foot Arun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Excuse Me Sir Is That Your Lifeboat
Workington didn't miss a trick when a Mersey class lifeboat visited the station for trials. One very wet and windy day during the Christmas period they trolleyed her along to their local Safeway supermarket and parked her in the car park... - View image in PDF
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Left the Dutch Have Developed a 106M Rigid Inflatable
Left. The Dutch have developed a 10.6m rigid inflatable which has been in service since October 1990. The Valentijn class is jet powered and steered by 'buckets' over the outlets. She has been designed specifically lor the shallow... - View image in PDF
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RNLI's Royal Visitor at the Southampton Show
HRH Prince Edward visited the prototype Severn class shortly after opening the Southampton Boat Show in September 1993.
The Prince spent a considerable time aboard the lifeboat and took a great interest in the boat and her... - View image in PDF
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Harbour Search
Crosshaven’s B class lifeboat Miss Betty is pictured searching for a man in Cork harbour after a car fell off the crossriver ferry on 8 March.
The driver of the car was recovered immediately, and the lifeboat launched to...
Category: Articles
Emergency Evacuation
Margate’s all-weather lifeboat, the sturdy 12m Mersey class Leonard Kent, was dwarfed by the vessel to which she was called out on 2 December.
A Russian cargo ship was anchored, waiting for better weather to continue her...
Category: Articles
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1931.
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32 18 0 «•—• Construction and Repair of Life-boats, Carriages and...
Category: Accounts
Classification of Services and Lives Saved By Life-Boats
CATEGORY Services Lives Saved No. Percen- tage of Total No. Percen- tage of Total (1) Naval vessels . . 5 •4% — — (2) Foreign going merchant vessels 31 2-8% 17 3-4% (3) Home trade mer- chant vessels . . 30 2-7% ...
Category: Services
Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH, Thursday June 11, 1987: Scarborough's 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Amelia searches with the station's D class inflatable boat for a 13-year-old Grimsby schoolboy, swept from the Royal Albert Drive slipway by a large wave... - View image in PDF
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Kiddie Ride for Skegness
Kiddie ride for Skegness Pictured above is the latest addition to the lifeboat fleet at Skegness - a 'kiddie ride' boat in full RNLI livery.
The boat has been donated by R.G. Mitchell of Skegness, with a free refit... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs