LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Day's Gifts
IN one post the Institution received gifts of a pair of sea-boot stockings, a bag of corks, a jig-saw puzzle and a cheque for £1,000..
Category: Donations
Air-Cases of Life-Boats
ONE of the chief difficulties which has been experienced by the builders of life-boats, has been that of making the air-cases and compartments, which form their extra buoyancy, perfectly water-tight. Different expedients have been tried, but...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
Category: Advertisement
The Norwegian Motor Ship Oslo Fjord, and British Officer
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT TYNEMOUTH DECEMBER 1ST AND 8TH.-CULLERCOATS AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.50 in the morning the Cullercoats life-boat station received a message from the Tynemouth coastguard that a vessel had...
Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1978
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 17, 25 and July 22 Abersoch, Gwynedd June 1, 2, 17, 20, 26, July 2, 8, 20, August 5, 16, 24, 25 and 27 Aberystwyth, Dyfed June 3, 17, July 30 and August 2 Aldeburgh, Suffolk June 26 Amble, Northumberland June 24 and...
Category: Services
Tenth International Life-Boat Conference: Many Nations
DINARD and St. Malo provided the setting for the tenth international life-boat conference, which was held from 5~8th June, 1967. This was the second occasion on which the French have acted as hosts, the earlier occasion being that of the...
Category: Meetings
Annual Report. 1888
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 24th day of March, 1888, His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President of the...
Category: Annual Reports
The Right Lines for Blue Peter Lifeboat
She is pictured here just a little over half-way through the righting procedure, water streaming from her decks and upper steering position. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fund Raisers
Runs for fun As part of their lifeboat day '85 Tighnabruaich and District guild organised a raft race fun run, when competitors had to wear fancy dress. The first prize was given to staff from the Royal Hotel who entered the race as...
Category: Articles
Race to the rescue
Our lifesavers usually rescue one or a few people at a time – but in May they were called to over 80 swimmers struggling against a powerful tide …
It was a deceptively calm and sunny day on 26...
Category: Articles