LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline
RNLB SHORELINE, the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat which was originally funded by our Shoreline appeal, moved station last year from Blyth, in Northumberland, to Arbroath where, on Saturday April 16, a service of re-dedication was held. It may...
Category: Articles
Six of the best
This spring, our review section heads out and about with fresh finds from RNLI Shop
Indestructible torch Impressive illumination, a durable design and a long-lasting light source – what more could you want from a torch?...
Category: Articles
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner (1)
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
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Category: Advertisement
Talking With John Tyrrell FRINA
'We've been building boats here for 110 years now, and before that we were sailors and fishermen. Always in Arklow.
It was a very small town devoted, at that time, solely to seafaring. Nothing...
Category: Articles
Launch Into South-Westerly Strong Gale Force 9 Sunday March 22:
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dry run
While the prospect of warmer Summers may seem appealing, the reality of global warming may be more severe flooding
In March this year, 70 members of the RNLI Flood Rescue Team helped test...
Category: Articles
The Institution's First Statement of Accounts
Statement of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, to March 1, 1825.
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1825 March 1 To amount of Donations and...
Category: Accounts
Listings
New lifeboat and station in Burnham-on-Sea It was a sunny day of double celebration in Burnham-on-Sea when a new lifeboat station was opened and a new lifeboat handed over.
The Atlantic 75 lifeboat serving the Somerset town...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles