LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Today's Lifeboatwomen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1995 show that during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 6,092 times (an average of more than 16 launches a day) 1,621 lives were saved (an average of four a day) Some 4%...
Category: Articles
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor.
Lieut.-Commander HENDRIK DE BOOY has been appointed an honorary life-governor of-the Institution in recognition of his eminent services to the cause of life-saving at sea during the period of...
Category: Awards
A Dinghy
Waterlogged dinghy BOUND FOR THE WHELKINO GROUNDS, MFV Isabelle Kathleen cleared her moorings abreast the lifeboat house at Wells at about 1120 on Thursday, June 3,1976, and set out to sea. The 36' fishing boat was commanded by her owner...
No Sea Room—And Other Things
No Sea Room -and other things ROCKS, SHALLOWS or obstructing lines reduced the lifeboats' manoeuvring room in four of the services (described briefly below) for which medals for gallantry were presented at the Royal Festival Hall in May...
Category: Articles
Karemma Ashore After Her Crew of Five Had Been Taken Off By the 52' Barnett Lifeboat Ramsay- Dyce on Her Last Service at Aberdeen Photograph By Courtesy of Aberdee
Karemma ashore after her crew of five had been taken off by the 52' Barnett lifeboat Ramsay- Dyce on her last service at Aberdeen . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
South Western Division Storm search A PROLONGED SEARCH was made by Padstow, St Ives and Clovelly lifeboats in a south-westerly storm for the Danish coaster Lady Kamilla, which foundered off Trevose Head on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1977,...
Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
Fund raisers on the Isle of Anglesey stepped up their efforts last year and increased their income from £ 1 1 .(XX) in 1977 to £15,(XX) in 1978. Part of this increase was made possible by the gift of two water colours painted and...
Category: Donations
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 8th September, 1892.
Colonel FrrzRoY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Corre- spondence,...
Category: Committee
International Boat Show By Heather Deane
EARL'S COURT, LONDON, JANUARY 5 TO 15 RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN AT RNLI STAND by Heather Deane Assistant Public Relations Officer, RNLI THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES proclaimed the Scottish theme of this year's International Boat Show and further...
Category: Articles
A Power Boat
The front cover photograph of this issue of THE LIFEBOAT, reproduced here, sums up the work of the lifeboat crews - a survivor in good hands and on his wayto safety ashore.
This service, by both of Portsmouth (Langstone...