LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Susan
On the afternoon of the 22nd August fourteen local fishing cobles were at sea outside the harbour entrance. A moderate N.E.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough and breaking owing to a very strong outflow from the...
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1867
TT appears from the Annual Wreck Register of the British Isles, just published under the auspices of the Board of Trade, that 2,513 shipwrecks, representing a registered tonnage of 464,000 tons, took place in the seas and on the coasts of...
Category: Annual Reports
Lt. Commander Peter Morton Rn Rtd
Lt. Commander Peter Morton RN Rtd, committee member of Okehampton branch for over 30 years. Over £800 was given to the RNLI in his memory..
Category: Obituaries
Lifeboats from Many Member Countries of the International Lifeboat Federation Alongside During the 1991 Conference In Oslo.
Lifeboats from many member countries of the International Lifeboat Federation alongside during the 1991 conference in Oslo. The RNLI's Mersey class is clearly visible, as are several Colin Archer-type sailing lifeboats long since retired... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Twenty Branches With the Highest Collections, 1929-30
WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the financial year ending the 30th Sep- tember, 1930. Fourteen are English, four Scottish, and two...
Category: Branches
Above: the New 17Ft 6In C Class Inflatable
Above: The new 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat at Red Bay, Co Antrim, is launched from her carriage. In the summer the station is kept busy with many holidaymakers attracted to this impressive part of the coast. The Mull of Kintyre on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Netherlands: (Above) Gebroeders Luden One of Six 2037M Self-Righting Lifeboats In the Knzhkmfleet (Below) President Jan Lels the Oldest Twin Screw 'All Weat
The Netherlands: abo 'e) Gebroeders Luden, one of six 20.37m self-righting lifeboats in the KNZHKMfleet, (below) President Jan Lels, the oldest twin screw 'all weather' lifeboat in the KZHRM fleet.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Move to Tunbridge Wells Last Year Meant Retirement from Orpington Branch for Norman Crumble Who Had Been Its Chairman Since Its Foundation In 1949 and Who Is
A move to Tunbridge Wells last year meant retirement from Orpington branch for Norman Crumble who had been its chairman since its foundation in 1949 and who is also a member of the Fund Raising Committee.
On behalf of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coinin Ban
Family rescue An unusual family rescue began on 11 July 1991 when James Tyrrell, the brother of Arklow's second coxswain and who is also the station's honorary secretary set sail with another friend in his 18ft sailing dinghy Coinin...
Oloa Pauline
At 9 A.M. on the 18th March a telegram was received from the Coastguard at | St. Andrews stating that a vessel was making for the Tay close in-shore and setting towards the sands. The Cox- swain assembled the crew of the new motor Life-boat...