LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
Anglers all at sea Three anglers in an ill-equipped 12ft open boat had a lucky escape at Penarth on 28 February 1989 when their anchor started dragging in a Force 7 wind and 8ft to 13ft seas and their outboard engine failed to...
Lifeboat Lottery
Regular players of the Lifeboat Lottery will know Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines as a kind sponsor, frequently donating cruises as prizes. But there is a lot more to the RNLI’s partnership with Fred. Olsen than holiday...
Category: Articles
Aileena
Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1951, a life-boat launcher said he had seen a yacht anchored about three miles off Selsey. She was flying a flag at half mast. There was a steamer near her, but it did not go to...
(Left) Solent:
(left) Solent: length overall, 48ft 6in; beam 14ft; draught 4ft 6in; displacement 27 tons; maximum speed, over 9 knots; range at full speed, 240 nautical miles. The Solent, introduced in 1969, is a development of the 48ft 6in Oakley and she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Theodor, of Riga
WHITBURN.—The William and Charles Life-boat was launched at about 4.30 P.M.
on the 5th October and rescued the crew, consisting of six men, from the schooner Theodor, of Riga, which stranded on Whitburn Stile during a S.E....
Awards to Honorary Workers
DURING May, June, July, August, and September, 1921, the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches and to other Honorary Workers in recognition of their services on behalf of the Institution :— To Mrs. SHIMWEIX, in...
Category: Awards
British Oak
On the 10th Octo- ber the crew of six of the barge British Oak, of Rochester, were rescued by the motor life-boat Prudential.—Rewards, Thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum and framed, together with mone- tary rewards amounting to...
Obituary
The Institution deeply regrets the death of two of its vice-presidents who have given it long and distinguished service, Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G., and Mr. Leonard Gow, LL.D., D.L., of Glasgow, and of Vice- Admiral Sir Robert...
Category: Obituaries
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life- boat crew in 1960 has been won by Coxswain Patrick Power of Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, for the rescue of the only man on board a disabled barge on the 4th of...
Category: Awards
Kilo
MEDAL SERVICE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.
On i8th November, 1963, the Mumbles life-boat, William Gammon-Manchester and District XXX, rescued ten men from the motor vessel Kilo, of Amsterdam. A full account of this service,...