LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 31 July, 1988, show that so far this year.

The RNLI's lifeboats have been launched 1,690 times (an average of more than eight launches a day) More than 500 lives have been...

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On the 26th March, 1860, a schooner was reported to be on shore on the Goodwin Sands. The Harbour Commis- sioners' life-boat Northumberland was quickly towed out to her assistance by the Harbour- tug Aid, there being a fresh wind from...

Saturday 16 October 1993 saw the naming ceremony and service of dedication of the new Mersey class Girvan lifeboat Silvia Burrell, a truly remarkable occasion for the lifeboat community of Girvan, as well as the famous Burrell family. Around...

COLONEL JOSEPH BENSKIN, D.S.O., O.B.E., died on the 14th of July, 1953.

He had been a member of the Com- mittee of Management since 1929 and a Vice-President since 1948. He was appointed a member of the Finance Committee in...