LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Walmer, and Ramsgate, Kent.—At * 8.7 P.M. on the 4th November, 1939, a message was received at Walmer from the Deal coastguard that distress signals had been seen about two miles east of their station. A S.W. wind was blowing, with...

Weymouth, Dorset - At 12.30 a.m. on 9th December, 1966, the honorary medical adviser requested the services of the lifeboat to convey him to attend a sick man aboard the Russian vessel Alatyrles. At 3.55 the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke...

On the 26th January the Life-boat Mary Frederick was again called out for service. Signals having been seen, in very foggy weather, the crew of the Lifeboat were summoned. The boat was launched at 6.30 A.M., and proceeded through a strong...

The following coxwains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...

The steam-trawler Preston, of Pittinweem, bound for North Shields with fish, stranded about 1.20 A.M. on the 24th May, to the south-east of the coast- guard station. The Life-boat Meliscent was immediately launched in answer to her distress...

Their fundraising roots lie in the 19th century, but today’s branches continue to attract new members and raise millions of pounds. How do they do it?

From the first Lifeboat Saturday street...

TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER WITH ANGLERS ABOARD Plymouth, Devon. At 8.45 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht needed help near Draystone buoy. There was a moderate breeze...

ADVERTISEMENT Volvo and the RNLIHistpry in the Making "The basis for everything we do at Volvo is, and must remain, safety and care"- Gustaf Larson, Swedish engineer and co-founder of tolvo, 1927.

This principle...