LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Dinghies (2)
At 10.38 p.m. on iyth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 999 call had been received from Skipsea reporting that two dinghies were unable to beach due to a heavy swell. After further enquiries had been made...
Searcher
Amphibious rescue Eastbourne - South East Division The Director of the RNLI has sent a letter of appreciation to two Eastbourne brothers after an unusual shore-boat service in which their amphibious vehicle helped a fishing boat, while...
Lively Lady
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 3.17 p.m. on 26th April, 1970, it was learnt that the 22 foot Bermuda-rigged yacht Lively Lady was in difficulties three miles south of the life-boat house and was firing distress signals. The lifeboat Watkin Williams...
Water Safety Roadshow
Coming to a place near you soonSometimes good advice can be difficult to swallow, especially if it's on a subject close to your heart. This, coupled with the fact that people generally don't actively go out and seek advice, can be a...
Category: Articles
Mare
Sub-zero escort THE 445-TON CARGO VESSEL Mare, of Honduras, on route from Rotterdam to Dundalk with a cargo of iron ore, ran into difficulties on the night of January 12, 1987 when her load shifted and she developed a 20 to 30 degree list,...
Lifeboat Weddings:
Lifeboat weddings: when David and Anne Richards were married in September an archway of oars was held aloft for them.
David is a crew member of Exmouth's D class inflatable lifeboat and his RNLI colleagues were there to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Charles Livingston, Liverpool
Mr. Charles Livingston, who died on 2nd May of this year, in his eightieth year, was equally prominent as a ship- owner and a yachtsman on the Mersey.
He was for forty years managing director of Messrs. David Maclver &...
Category: Obituaries
Hyannis Massachusetts to Rockland Maine By M G K Pennell
THE OPPORTUNITY to visit overseas lifeboat organisations is usually limited to the four-yearly International Lifeboat Conference; to be invited, and spon-' sored privately, to spend a week in the United States for what was to prove a...
Category: Articles
H.M. Trawler Sheldon
MARCH 7TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 4.45 A.M.. the coastguard reported signals from a vessel to the N.E. by E., and the motor life-boat K.B.M. was launched at 6.30 A.M.
A light southerly wind was blowing...
Lifesaving through a lens
Sometimes, there is no better way to show the RNLI’s people and purpose than with a photograph
Lifeboat crew member and award-winning photographer Nigel Millard has devoted 2 years to capturing...
Category: Articles