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Then and Now:

Date: Autumn 1986

Volume: 50

Issue: 498

Then and now: The lifeboat house at Dun Laoghaire in the days of oar (above) and of outboard motors (right). In 1938 the boathouse ceased to be used by the RNLI and today's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat lies afloat in the harbour.

Category: Articles

Past and Present

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

25 Years Ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, June, 1963 Issue.

Notes of the Quarter THE first quarter of 1963 was a period in which a number of important advances were made in the development of life-boat design and in the...

Category: Articles

Storm Song and Simona

Date: Summer 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 521

Tyne rescues crews of two yachts in galeThe Director of the RNLI has written to thank the crew of the Ramsgate lifeboatfor a service 'carried out very professionally' after the station's Tyne had rescued the crews of two yachts...

Past and Present

Date: Autumn 1992

Volume: 52

Issue: 522

50 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of November 1918 The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Early this year the late Duke of Northumberland, the then President of the Institution, placed at its disposal the sum of £100, to...

Category: Articles

Inflatable Toys and Dinghies

Date: Summer 1995

Volume: 54

Issue: 533

Rye Harbour's C Class inflatable lifeboat was called out by Dover Coastguard at 1115 on Sunday 9 July to what would prove to be probably its busiest day since the station opened.

Hot weather had drawn huge crowds to...

People and Places

Date: Summer 2000

Volume: 57

Issue: 553

The Tweenies join the crew Popular children's BBC TV programme, The Tweenies, was in Poole in August filming with Poole lifeboat crew. The character Judy (the green one in the picture!) went afloat on the station's Brede class...

Category: Articles

Lifeboat Men and Fishermen

Date: Summer 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 569

Lifeboat Men And Fishermen. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

People and Places

Date: Autumn 1997

Volume: 56

Issue: 542

Gary makes a meal of it! When TV superchef Gary Rhodes was in search of an original culinary challenge for his latest television series, Alderney lifeboat crew cooked up a great idea. Having often enjoyed the hospitality of CROSSMA - the...

Category: Articles

Then And Now

Date: Spring 2007

Volume: 60

Issue: 580

tHen AnD nOw Capital gains In 1927, London ‘life-boat’ day was a huge operation, supported by the Lord Mayor of London and many of the borough mayors. Four thousand collectors, mainly women, worked from 150 temporary...

Category: Articles

Then And Now

Date: Summer 2007

Volume: 60

Issue: 581

tHen AnD noW State of the art When crowds gathered in Dover on 10 July 1930 to see the naming of a new 20m motor lifeboat, they were to witness an historic moment for the RnLi.

named Sir William Hillary after the founder of...

Category: Articles