LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HOLY ISLAND.—On the 21st March, at about 11 P.M., signals of distress were seen just beyond the bar. There was a heavy rolling sea, and the night was very dark. The Life-boat Grace Darling was launched, and went out to the vessel, but great...

Boat Shows are a very productive source of new members - a dedicated desk and roving sellers bring in members by the hundred - after which they usually end up on the Insignia sales counter! This is the scene at the 1995 London International... - View image in PDF

(see page 326). - View image in PDF

Gourdon, Kincardineshire. On the morning of the 26th of November, 1959, there was a very heavy swell at the entrance to the harbour, and the local fishing fleet were having difficulty in entering. Danger signals were hoist- ed, and...

TEN YEARS AGO the Guide Friendship Fund (GFF) was launched. The first year Brownies, Guides and Rangers in the United Kingdom donated £1,500 to help Guiding in the developing countries.

In 1970 they raised £20,000...

William (known as Donald) Wood, second coxswain of the Newburgh lifeboat.

He joined the crew in 1923, becoming second coxswain in 1939 until the closure of the station in 1965..

The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.

Royal...

• The early years of the Dungeness lifeboat station were ones of uncertainty.

The station opened in 1826, just two years after the RNLI was founded, and in the next 48 years was closed twice and moved up and down the coast...