LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cover Picture
by Portsmouth Publishing and Printing Calshot's Brede class lifeboat Foresters Future holds station alongside the yacht Software Mistress in the Solent while the lifeboat crew prepare to take off an injured crew member.
Category: Photographs
David Steenvoorden Has Been a Full-Time Crew Member of Humber Lifeboat
David Steenvoorden has been a full-time crew member of Humber lifeboat since 1990.
Dave joined the inshore lifeboat crew at Cleethorpes in 1987, and in 1990 was awarded a Bronze Medal in recognition of his courage,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Catriona
Skegness, Lincolnshire. — At 8.36 on the night of the 7th of October, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the Lynn Well lightvessel had reported that flares had been seen five to six miles north-by-east of her. The sea was smooth, the wind...
WINDOWS INTO THE PAST
A stunning collection of glass plate negatives brings the RNLI’s lifesaving history into a new light
The RNLI’s Heritage Team are always on the look-out for artefacts and materials that document the lifesaving work of the...
Category: Articles
Strathearn Glass Ltd Are Making a Lifeboat Glass Paperweight (Left) In a Limited Edition of 150 Engraved on the Side of Each Paperweight Are the Company's Signature T
Slrathearn Glass Ltd are making a lifeboat glass paperweight (left) in a limited edition of 150. Engraved on the side of each paperweight are the company's signature, the engraver's initials and a serial number. Available from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, TUESDAY MAY 16 TRIUMPH IN THE FACE OF A MOST TESTING WINTER 'GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME . . .' The annual general meeting of governors of the RNLI, held this year for the first time in the Purcell Room of the...
Category: Meetings
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Turn to the centre Listings of the Lifeboat magazine and you may be amazed at how often lifeboats launch. Only a tiny proportion of these ever feature in the Lifeboat. Here's a snapshot of the wide range of other lifeboat services...
Category: Services
Gifts from Crews
THE Porthdinllaen Motor Life-boat saved the French yacht Rose Marine and her three occupants during a strong N.E. gale with a rough sea on the 15th September, 1927. Out of the salvage money received for their services the Crew have given a...
Category: Donations
Correspondence
Four Winds, Wade Lane, Wade Court Road, Havant, Hampshire.
16th September, 1956.
DEAR SIR, I am writing to express my extreme gratitude to the coxswain and crew of the Selsey life-boat for their rescue of...
Category: Correspondence
Ngalawa
Prompt action saves life of lone yachtsmanThe rescue of a lone yachtsman from seas off Hastings has earned assistant mechanic David Curtis the Thanks of the RNLI Inscribed on Vellum.In his official report, deputy divisional inspector of...