LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Guyana has become the latest location to suffer flooding - and the RNLI was there to help. Around the world it has been a year of huge waves and violent storms. Thousands lost their lives in the Indian Ocean tsunami while, at home, hurricane...

Portlethen, Kincardineshire, and Southwold, Suffolk.

ON 26th November, 1924, two acts of great individual gallantry were per- formed in rescuing life from vessels stranded near the shore. One was on the rocky coast of...

Runs for fun As part of their lifeboat day '85 Tighnabruaich and District guild organised a raft race fun run, when competitors had to wear fancy dress. The first prize was given to staff from the Royal Hotel who entered the race as...

I HAVE been asked to write an article on 'shops' or 'hidden treasure shops' as we now call them and wonder just where and how to begin.

I think I'll go back to 1962 when we had our first shop. There were...

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 12 1980: 1,215 people rescued; nearly £12 million raisedTUESDAY MAY 12 was the day of the RNLI's 1981 annual general meeting of the governors and annual presentation of awards and, as usual...

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

FOUNDED IN 1824.

Supported by Voluntary Contributions.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST...

By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.

IN an article with the above title which appeared in The Lifeboat for February, 1925, I pointed out the reasons why, in material and construction...

AN ABILITY TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD, regardless, seems to be one of the basic qualifications lifeboatmen need.

Especially when they find their world suddenly turned upside down.

Capsizing is not an everyday...