LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Admiralty Vessel D.G.V. 400
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.6 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1959, the coastguard at Spurn Point informed the honorary secretary that two of the crew of the Admiralty vessel D.G.V.400 needed medical attention. At 3.50 the life-boat City...
Stella Peacock
At 1.40 p.m. on 20th April, 1967, it was reported that a cabin cruiser with three men aboard had been taken in tow by Trobe, a vessel attending to the oil rig Sea Quest, and that assistance was required.
The life-boat City...
Angelic Wings, of Piraeus
Humber, Yorkshire - At 11.25 a.m.
on 25th October, 1969, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a sick man aboard the m.v. Angelic Wings of Piraeus, which was anchored 12 miles south of Spurn lighthouse,...
Palace Party
Pictured from left to right: Andrew Parker from Skegness lifeboat station; Charles Townsley from Southwold lifeboat station; Kelly Allan from Portrush lifeboat station.
Robert Charlton from Beaumaris lifeboat station;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New craft in north Wales
Criccieth, Gwynedd, is the first RNLI lifeboat station to take delivery of an Arancia inshore rescue boat.
She is on an extended trial to assess her capabilities, and has been called on for a number of rescues, including a...
Category: Articles
Service to a Greek Steamer at Cromer
AT 6.25 in the morning of the 9th October, 1939, the Cronier coxswain learned through the Humber radio and the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, thirteen miles to the east. A breeze was blowing with increasing...
Category: Services
Covering the Atlantic Coast
The West coast of Ireland saw a dramatic increase in its number of lifeboats over the last decade-and-a-half - representing the largest number of new stations to be established in such a short space of time this century. Nicholas Leach,...
Category: Articles
Front Cover
Front Cover A Pooie lifeboat crew member prepares to be winched from the station's Brede class lifeboat to Portland Coastguard Helicopter Whisky Bravo during an exercise off Studland last Autumn.
The photograph is just... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lebanese S.S. Areti
Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.30 p.m.
on 2ist September, 1965, the honorary medical adviser informed the coxswain superintendent that the Lebanese S.S.
Areti off Spurn Point had a sick seaman on board who...
Fundraising
Supporter recruitment manager, Sharon New, brings us the inside story on a new breed of RNLI street fundraisers and recruiters..
This summer you may come across some Lifeboats fundraisers that you have not seen before. They...
Category: Articles