LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Suffolk Firm Building Faster Boats for the Rnli
When in the mid-1960s the RNLI decided to have six fast steel lifeboats to a 44-foot design developed by the United States Coast Guard, the Lowestoft shipyard was chosen to build them—and two of the six went to East Anglian stations, the...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 1st October, 1885.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence and "Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Lowestoft Steam Drifter Feaco In Which the Author Sailed When Steam Drifters Went Out Herring Gulls Followed; Very Often It Was the Gulls Which Led the Skippers to the Shoa
Lowestoft steam drifter Feaco, in which the author sailed. When steam drifters went out, herring gulls followed; very often it was the gulls which led the skippers to the shoals offish.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Boys' Brigade
An honorary Record of Thanks was presented to The Boys' Brigade in recognition of all their support of the RNLI, including their ambitious fundraising appeal for the millennium year; Lifeboats for 2000. Collecting the award was David... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
What and Where?
Th Back by popular c Lifeboat INtegratt Lifeboats are sort temporarily by rel section of 'People date.
STATION FLEET ABERDEEN ABERDOVEY ABERSOCH ABERYSTWYTH ACHILL ISLAND ATTH ALDERNEY AMBLE ANGLE ANSTRUTHER APPLEDORE...
Category: Articles
A Yacht and an Aeroplane
JULY 11TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 8.15 A.M. the life-boat station was informed that an air battle was imminent. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes later it was reported that an armed yacht...
(Above) More Than 2000 People Attended An Open Air Songs of Praise Organised By St.Austell Branch at Charlestown Harbour
(Above) More than 2,000 people attended an open air Songs of Praise organised by St Austell branch at Charlestown Harbour on July 10. The service was led by the Reverend David Apps.
photograph by courtesy of C. H.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lord Saltoun Mc By His Grace the Duke of Atholl Chairman of the Committee of Management
WITH THE DEATH of Lord Saltoun, the RNLI has lost one of its most devoted supporters. His main interest was not so much in technical matters such as boats and methods of communication, but in the people who worked for the Institution, its...
Category: Obituaries
The right call
Liam is readying himself for the shout as he laces his shoes. ‘As soon as you hear that pager, there’s an adrenaline rush. And then you take a breath and you mellow yourself. You think: “Right. What could we be going to?”’
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution During the First Six Months of 1876
RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.—About 1 A.M. on the 3rd January, the barque Clifton, of Liverpool, was wrecked on Rhosneigir rocks. It being then moderately smooth, the crew remained by the ship in the hope of floating her off; but about 1 P.M., in...
Category: Services