LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE happenings in the first six months suggest that 1961 may well, in terms of figures, be an outstanding and possibly a record year in the history of the service. During these six months the Institution's life-boats were launched on...
Category: Articles
The Exhibition Galleon Hispaniola
Sennen Cove and St. Ives, Cornwall -At noon on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station that the owner of the exhibition galleon Hispaniola had expressed concern for the safety of...
RNLI Family: The life of the charity
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
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Honours for Hugh
On Friday 6 March, Her Majesty the Queen handed Captain Hugh Fogarty his MBE at...
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Award of the Gold Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is only awarded in cases of exceptional gallantry, was granted by the Committee of Management on the 11th July, 1907, in the following circumstances:— On Sunday morning, the...
Category: Medals
An Aeroplane (99)
JULY 24TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 8 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down in the sea E. by S. eleven and a half miles from Cromer. A light S.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was...
(Above) the Old Boathouse on Lindisfarne, and (Right) One of the Two Plaques on Either Side of the Main Door. See David Herriott's Letter 'Island Find', Above.
(Above) The old boathouse on Lindisfarne, and (right) one of the two plaques on either side of the main door. - View image in PDF
See David Herriott's letter 'Island Find', above.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The power of the sea
Need some inspiration for your Summer reading list? Here’s a collection of books that celebrate the skills and endurance needed to master our planet’s expansive oceans
For adventurers
Across the Arctic Ocean –...
Category: Articles
Take your seat
It’s coming up to the time of year when we celebrate the skill and bravery of our voluntary crew and the dedication of RNLI supporters at the Annual Presentation of Awards. It’s all happening at the Barbican Hall, London, on 23 May 2013. The...
Category: Articles
Picturing the Scene
Photographs are very much part and parcel of THE LIFEBOAT of today - but in Victorian times matters were very different. Barry Cox, the RNLFs Honorary Librarian, on loan from the National Westminster Bank, looks back at the very early...
Category: Articles