LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, the RNLI receives from a number of companies free supplies of goods for use in lifeboats; gifts which are greatly appreciated both for their intrinsic value and for the underlying continuity of support which they exemplify...

THIRTEEN TRAWLERMEN SAVED Stronsay, Orkneys. At 1.30 on the morning of Monday the 16th September, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone call from the Kirkwall coastguard saying that the trawler Aberdeen City, 101 tons, which was...

On the beach is a new safety guide created by the RNLI in partnership with the Eden Project. The guide aims to help beach users stay safe while having fun and covering everything from the meanings of safety flags to the treatment of...

PAINTING LIFE-BOATS.

General Rules.

1. IT will be desirable, that in or about the month of May in each year, or as soon as fine summer weather shall have fairly set in, and the exercise for the current...

ON SUNDAY, December 1, 1974, a service of thanksgiving and dedication on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI was held in St Giles' Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh. It was a simple but moving service, with clergy from...

SIX TAKEN ABOARD At 6.35 p.m. on ist June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Foreness.

The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at 6.50 in a heavy...

THE FRESHLY PAINTED and polished 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat to be named Princess of Wales sparkled against a backdrop of gentle mountains, their tops dusted with a light covering of snow.

The low winter sun's reflection...

THE R. N.L.I, this year is offering six attractive life-boat Christmas cards. Buying life-boat cards, calendars and gifts is an easy and effective way of helping the life-boat service.

Although an informative leaflet,...