LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT CAMPBELTOWN JANUARY 1 9TH. - CAMPBLE- TOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWN-SHIRE. At seven minutes to eight in the morning a message came from the coastguard at Southend that a ship was ashore in front of the...

(Above) At Twickenham and District branch's annual RNLJ ball, held at York House, Twickenham, on January 23, over £1,000 was raised by the tombola and raffle, for which more than 500 items were donated by local... - View image in PDF

a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI King of the draw The names of the 20 lucky prize winners in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery were plucked from the drum on 31 January by Desmond Carrington, well-known actor and Radio 2 presenter.<...

Lifeboat rescues 33 crew from grounded ship in gales and darkness A difficult service in very poor conditions in which 33 seamen were taken off grounded fish factory ship has led to Coxswain Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick lifeboat station...

IN the last issue of The Life-boat particulars were given of services to British vessels during last year by the life-boat services of Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and...

THERE are two types of fire extinguishers in use at Life-boat Stations. The one is the liquid type, charged with carbon tetrachloride, the other is the "Total" extinguisher which is a dry powder machine. This type was first adopted...

ANOTHER of those maritime disasters has occurred which only too frequently serve to remind us that travelling on the sea is still attended with greater danger than travelling by land.

This time it is a collision between...

UNATRAC Q] CATERPILLAR Engine Division is proud to be associated with the Royal National Life-boat Institution Caterpillar Marine Engines are used in the Arun, Brede and Waveney class lifeboats Maidenhead Road Windsor Berks SL45HH...