LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mrs Sarah Hamley, honorary treasurer of the Back of The Wight branch since 1991. Sarah has been a member of the branch since 1989..

Crossiown traffic - Llandudno lifeboat station can be seen in the centre of the anel photograph (right) blending in with the town houses. - View image in PDF

Photo: Hunting Aerofilms - RNLI. - View image in PDF

DECEMBER 8TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.

At 5.15 in the evening the coastguard at Usan reported that four Admiralty trawlers were being bombed by enemy aeroplanes two miles to the S.E., and the motor life-boat The Good Hope put out...

JUNE 2 3RD. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.

About five in the afternoon of the 22nd of June a request was received from a doctor at Colonsay, for the life-boat to take a man, who was dangerously ill with appendicitis, to Oban for...

Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1946 During the year life-boats were launched 631 times..

In November, 1944, the self-righting life-beat at Hastings was struck by a very heavy sea and capsized, throwing three of her crew overboard. She came right way up at once, and the other six men hauled the three on board again. As she...

Do you shop online? Treat yourself to a grocery shop (delivery or collection) from Waitrose, and help raise funds for the RNLI.

From now until the end of November, the RNLI is one of three charities Waitrose’s online...

As the running before a heavy broken sea is the most dangerous operation which a life-boat has to perform, and its safe execu- tion may often depend, not only on the skilful management of the oars or sails and steerage, but also on the...