LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DURING the years 1963 to 1969 inclusive the Institution opened no fewer than 49 new stations and closed 11. These contrasting figures are evidence of the way in which the R.N.L.I. has been coping with the increasing demands...

H.R.H. THE PRINCE or WALES, K.G., as President of the Institution, has been pleased to say that, in celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee, all life- boat days this year shall be known as "Prince of Wales Day." It will be...

AT the Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL SHIPWRECK INSTITUTION, held at the Offices of the Society, John Street, Adelphi, on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 1854,, CAPTAIN SHEPHERD, H.C.S., Deputy Master of the Trinity House, VICE...

Mrs. R. M. Reed, of Eastbourne, who in 1967 gave the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed in memory of her late husband, Mr. A.

E. Reed, of Stamford, Lincolnshire (THE LIFE-BOAT, September, 1967),...

The ballerinas of the Birmingham Royal Ballet were among the first to answer our Mayday call during the RNLI’s big annual fundraising event (pictured above). Premiership rugby players also pulled on crew boots in aid of Mayday 2016 – James...

Following receipt of a cheque made out to theR.N.L.I.

for £100 from Southern Television Ltd., Commander P. Thornycroft, of T.T. Boat Designs Ltd., Bernbridge, I.o.W., wrote: 'I feel this needs some small...

Members of Prestatyn swimming club gather round John Owen, president of Rhyl branch, for the presentation of a cheque for £150.50 to go into the ASA RNLI international sponsored swim fund.

photograph by courtesy of Ian... - View image in PDF

Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: January 17 and February 23 (twice) Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rother: December 20 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rother: December 12, 28 and January 3 Angle, Dyfed 46ft 9in Watson: December 8 Appledore...