LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cover Picture
Dusk recovery: Minehead Atlantic 21 ILB, returning from exercise, is caught by the arrester net rigged on her trolley. She is manned by Helmsman Chris Kundle, Crew Member Peter Smythe (to starboard) and Crew Member Peter McGregor, who is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (4)
Appledore, Devon - At 9.7 a.m. on 28th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a swimmer had been reported near a capsized dinghy.
The life-boat Louisa Ann Hawker was launched at 9.40 in a light...
Allegiance
WATCHET, SOMERSE TSHIRE.—Lights were observed to the northward of the harbour, during a strong wind and a heavy sea, early on the morning of the 24th January.
The W. It. G. Kingston Life-boat was launched at 7.30, proceeded...
Royal Albert
WEST HARTLEPOOL. — The Life-boat Rochdale proceeded to the assistance of the schooner Royal Albert, of Maldon, which was in imminent danger during a hurricane from the E.N.E. on the 28th October. The vessel's crew of five men were taken...
RNLI through a lens
Howard Evans, a fundraiser from Weston-super-Mare, is the 2009 RNLI Photographer of the Year. His photo, shown on the front cover, was taken at the station’s open day and demonstrates the cruel conditions under which lifeboat crew often find...
Category: Articles
Solar flair
Solar panels on the roof of RNLI College in Poole, Dorset, are reducing our carbon footprint and saving money.
Within 3 weeks of installation, the panels had generated their first megawatt hour of power – worth £430....
Category: Articles
Provider
FISHING VESSEL STRANDED ON HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 3rd July, 1962, some local fishermen told the motor mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Provider of Whitby had stranded at low water on the harbour...