LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Royal Army Service Corps Motor Fishing Vessels
JUNE 4TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 7.45 in the evening the Needles Signal Station telephoned that pilots had reported two vessels ashore on the Shingles Bank. A moderate south-westerly gale was blowing and the sea was rough. At eight...
Lottery Winner David Penn (centre) Enjoys His Visit To West Mersea Lifeboat Station, With Deputy Launching Authorities Ian Crossley (left) And Jeremy Dumas (right)
Lottery winner David Penn (centre) enjoys his visit to West Mersea lifeboat station, with Deputy Launching Authorities Ian Crossley (left) and Jeremy Dumas (right).
Photo: Nigel Brown Lottery winner David Penn (centre).<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Avins, a 34Ft Selfrightar Lifeboat
John Avins, a 34ft selfrightar lifeboat was stationed at Wick from W95-J905. She launched six times and saved 11 lives.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ceremonies
London, April 14, 1988 The launch of an appeal to churches of all denominations in 1984 culminated in an historic ceremony at St Katharine Dock, London on Thursday, April 14, when the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Robert Runcie, MC, DD...
Category: Inaugurations
Rescue By 14-Foot Rowing Boat
About eight o'clock on the evening of 8th December, 1962, the trawler Boston Heron ran aground at Stilamair, an uninhabited island south-west of Scalpay in the Little Minch. A south- south-westerly gale was blowing, gusting to force 9,...
Category: Services
(Right) White Rock Bowls Club Raised £45 for Hastings Lifeboat In a New Annual Pairs Competition for the Walden and Weeks Cups Last Autumn the Two Cups Were Present
(Right) White Rock Bowls Club raised £45 for Hastings lifeboat in a new annual pairs competition for the Walden and Weeks cups last autumn. The two cups were presented by Coxswain Joe Martin (centre) to Mr Compary (I.) and Mr Abbott... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
HERE ARE two mooring fittings for afloat lifeboats, developed in the RNLI design office from long experience. (Left) Stemhead fitting: designed for use on cold, dark nights, with good finger-holds and nothing 'fiddly' about it. Cast...
Category: Articles
Letters
Disabled sloop in storm On September 14, 1975, we, the crew of the yacht Chayka of Ardgour which was in distress off the Needles, were rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat.
No words or gestures can adequately express the deep...
Category: Correspondence
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Category: Advertisement
The Annual Meetings 2000
The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, held on 18 May 2000, once again took place at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The morning AGM allowed Chairman David Acland, who retires at the end of July, to...
Category: Meetings