LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboats in China
The RNLI has signed a new deal with the ChinaRescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS).
The deal builds on the agreement that has been in place between the two organisations for the past 5 years, which saw 20 ex-RNLI lifeboats make...
Category: Articles
Three Fine Services By the Humber Life-Boat. 102 Lives Rescued In Five Weeks
IN the course of five weeks of the war, from 10th October to 14th November, 1939, the motor life-boat at the Humber was out on service ten times and rescued 102 lives. For three of these services Coxswain Robert Cross was awarded a clasp to...
Category: Services
A Lifeboat Princess: Seven-Year-Old Alison West Sold 38500 Penny Tickets to Win the Title In a Competition Organised By Seaton and Beer Branch Eight Girls Took
. . . and a lifeboat princess: seven-year-old Alison West sold 38,500 penny tickets to win the title in a competition organised by Seaton and Beer branch. Eight girls took part and achieved an amazing £568. The honorary secretary's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Snap it up
If you’re a regular reader of the Lifeboat, you will know that the RNLI has a stunning collection of photographs, packed with drama, romance and humanity.
A selection of images is now available to buy in various sizes and...
Category: Articles
Captain E. Senior,
Captain E. Senior, a member of Grimsby branch since 1962, who was awarded a silver badge in 1975 and a gold badge in 1986..
Category: Obituaries
Trawler in trouble
2 October 2012: RNLI lifeboats from Tynemouth, Blyth and Cullercoats mounted a joint operation to bail out a sinking trawler. Tynemouth Crew Member Ian Black entered the engine room of the badly listing vessel,...
Category: Articles
Britannia Music Club,
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Category: Advertisement
Life-Boat Exhibition In Manchester and Salford
THE life-boat exhibition which was given in London at the Charing Cross Underground Station in May and June of last year,1 was given this year for a fortnight in Manchester and a week in Salford.
The Manchester exhibition...
Category: Articles
Medevac in a blizzard
In a February blizzard, four sick people needed to be evacuated from the Isle of Mull.
The local ferry was unable to dock in the conditions, which were also too much for the air ambulance. Oban all-weather lifeboat was the...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service In 1930
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 91 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 100 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 28th, 1931 62,533 The Life-boat Service in 1930.
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Category: Articles