LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Hail ... to the new 52ft Arun class lifeboat, City of Belfast (above), recently stationed at Donaghadee, County Down. So far, some £173,000 of the £390,000 it cost to build her has been defrayed by a special appeal launched by the... - View image in PDF

Around 180 people packed a Dray ton Manor dining room for one of the Tamworth ladies' guild fund raising dinners. Guest speaker was Derek Scott, retired coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, who treated the guests to a selection of humorous... - View image in PDF

Frank Lawrence, second coxswain of St Helier lifeboat, competed in the Jersey half marathon and raised £400 for the RNLI, while his running partner Mrs Linda Cook raised a further £110. Frank and Linda are pictured presenting the... - View image in PDF

a wooden half-lifeboat plaque made from the wreckage of the Peterhead lifeboat Alexander Tulloch which was wrecked in 1914 (THE LIFEBOAT, Summer, 1973), is a well-known maker of matchstick models. For example, using 1,500 used matchsticks,...

After 26 years as landlord of the Captain Cook pub in Teesmouth, Ronnie Rees (left) is retiring and to commemorate his fundraising efforts Teesmouth lifeboat station presented Ronnie with a plaque.

Harry Aspland, shore... - View image in PDF

Nov. 9TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE.

At 7 A.M. a message was received that a vessel was making distress signals to the E.S.E. A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a short, sharp swell. The motor life-boat Stanhope Smart...

With 35 holiday parks around the UK, Haven Holidays has offered the RNLI a great opportunity to get its beach safety messages out to thousands of families this Summer.

RNLI On the Beach leaflets and Spot the Dangers...

This Spring saw the official reopening of the RNLI Grace Darling museum in Northumberland, after years of redevelopment. Was it worth the wait? Carol Waterkeyn pays a visit to find out

In 1938, a museum opened in Bamburgh...