LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fundraisers
Some w a y s of f i l l i n g t he CO f f e r s . . . A clean sweep! The Royal Burgh of Cullen ladies lifeboat guild, established in May 1990, recently held a tombola evening which raised £700. The village of Cullen in north east...
Category: Articles
Outboard: Speed and Power
ATLANTIC 21 AND D CLASS inshore lifeboats, out on trials, are a familiar sight in the Solent; testing and proving the vast amount of detailed development work which, over the past 15 years or so, has been quietly going ahead at the RNLI...
Category: Articles
On Wednesday July 20 Shoreham Ilb Went to the Help of a Dinghy Capsized Off Shoreham Pier In Near Gale Force Winds and a Rough Sea the Three Students Rescue
On Wednesday, July 20, Shoreham ILB went to the help of a dinghy capsized off Shoreham Pier in near gale force winds and a rough sea. The three students rescued wrote to the crew the next day, sending a bottle of wine 'as a token of how... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coming to our AGM and annual awards?
The RNLI AGM and annual presentation of awards will take place at The Barbican, London on 22 May 2014. Details of the AGM will be mailed to Governors of the RNLI, and more details of the AGM and the afternoon awards will feature in the next...
Category: Articles
Comedy Drama Role for Port Isaac Lifeboat
Truculent, tactless, and causing mayhem. No, not the lifeboat crew but Martin Clunes starring as Doc Martin, a GP who arrives in the small, sleepy Cornish hamlet of Port Wenn (better known to locals as Port Isaac). The six-part series stars... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Local learning
Becoming a lifeboat crew member or lifeguard isn’t just a matter of doing a short course at the RNLI College. It’s the regular grassroots training that makes a lifesaver
Can you remember everything you’ve ever been...
Category: Articles
Annual Report. 1911
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Thursday, the 16th day of March, 1911, The Eight Honourable the EARL OF DERBY, G.C.V.O., G.B., in the...
Category: Annual Reports
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 13th October, 1910.
Colonel Sir FitzRoY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O..V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance...
Category: Committee
Forthcoming Life-Boat Days
THE following is a fairly complete list of the Life-boat Days which have already been arranged for the summer.
The dates, however, are subject to alteration. This list does not include a large number of places where days...
Category: Articles
People and profit
Christmas is a time when many people choose to support the RNLI by buying cards and gifts from the charity – but what makes these purchases different?
You might be familiar with the RNLI's mail order catalogue, but did...
Category: Articles