LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In the picture
The RNLI has amassed a huge collection of inspirational photographs and paintings over the last 188 years. These images are not simply a record of the RNLI’s work – they tell the story of our social history and give a remarkable insight into...
Category: Articles
Rose of England and Yewdale
FEBRUARY 3 RD. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 8.35 A.M. a fisherman reported that two ships were being attacked by enemy aircraft. This was confirmed by the coastguard. A light breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 8.45 A.M. the motor...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEW ROMNEY, KENT ; PORTHLEVEN, CORN- WALL ; SWANSEA, WALES ; ARBROATH and PORTPATRICK, SCOTLAND.—The Life-boats placed on these Stations many years since have recently been superseded by new boats furnished by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dinghy and canoe A SAILING DINGHY with two boys on board capsized in a fresh south westerly breeze, force 5, about three miles west north west of Redcar lifeboat station on Saturday May 22. The D class lifeboat launched at 1612 manned by...
Flamborough: a Service of Re-Dedication Witnessed By Some 5000 People Was Held at North Landing Flamborough on Sunday
Flamborough: A service of re-dedication witnessed by some 5,000 people was held at North Landing, Flamborough, on Sunday August 7 for the 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Will and Fanny Kirby. The lifeboat, originally in service at Seaham until... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Youghal:
Youghal: Mr Patrick Lineham, chairman of Youghal branch welcomes guests on Sunday July 14, 1985 to the dedication of the station's Atlantic 21 lifeboat, Marjory Turner, the first of her class to be stationed in Ireland. She was the gift... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Mine Host at Amble, When Amble's 44ft Waveney class Margaret Graham launched on 5 December 1989 to act as a safety boat for some RN divers about to explode a war-time mine she also found herself acting as a different kind of mothership -...
Today's Lifeboatwomen
Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 30 May 1990, show that during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 785 times (an average of some 5 launches a day) More than 215 lives were saved (an average of 1.5 people rescued each...
Category: Articles
Divers In Difficulties
Cromer'sTyne was also involved in this service on 29 August, with the station's D class inflatable, when three divers were rescued after getting into difficulties.
Two men and a woman from a university diving club... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs