LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dolphin
Fishing vessel sinking ORANGE SMOKE observed one mile east of Chapel Point and six miles north of the lifeboat station was reported to Skegness honorary secretary at 1557 on Tuesday, June 29.
In good visibility and with a...
Mistletoe
Buckle, Banffshire - On 21st February, 1968, the life-boat George and Sarah Strachan, on temporary duty at the station, put out to the assistance of the motor fishing vessel Mistletoe and rescued her crew of six. A full account of this...
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., Talking to Coxswain T. R. Tart, of Dungeness,
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., talking to Coxswain T. R. Tart, of Dungeness, at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, when the premiere of the film Airport was shown on 22nd April, 1970. The occasion raised over £10,000 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) There Were No Open Days In 1994
(Below) There were no open days in 1994 as the new facilities at Cowes were under construction. This was the first opportunity for visitors to see how the Atlantics are built and maintained in their new purpose-built workshops.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Middle Right) the Inshore Lifeboat Centre
(middle right) The Inshore Lifeboat Centre has its own open days on alternate years to Poole. but they also put on a good display at the HQ event. This is just a selection of the bits and pieces they make for the Atlantics and D class built... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arctic Cycle Challenge
Fifty cyclists are being sought to undertake a once-in-a-lifetime ride to the most northerly lifeboat station at Honningsvag, Northern Norway, during the Arctic Cycle Challenge, taking place between 18-26 July 1998, in aid of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Swanage - D Class Phyl Clare 2 and New Inshore Lifeboat House
Mrs Phyl Cleare stands alongside Swanage's new D class lifeboat during the naming ceremony for the lifeboat. A previous D class funded by Mrs Cleare is in the relief fleet and had conducted trials at the station prior to the allocation... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Just One of the Many Naming Ceremonies for Inshore Lifeboats Held In Wales During September
Just one of the many naming ceremonies for inshore lifeboats held in Wales during September - the D class at Conwy. Miss Joan Bate names the station's new D class Arthur Bate after her brother who provided the legacy which funded the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wow!
Twelve months after its opening by HM The Queen, The Lifeboat College has been awarded 'Medium-sized project of the year' at the 2005 Quality in Construction Awards. The RNLI development came top in a shortlist of four projects in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
End of a Class Act
The very last Waveney class lifeboat in the RNLI fleet, Margaret Graham, sailed from her mooring at Amble lifeboat station on 24 July under the helm of her retiring coxswain, Rodney Surge MBE, to take up a new role as pilot boat for Whitby... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs