LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
RNLI station at Cowes
The inshore lifeboat station at Cowes, Isle of Wight, joined the RNLI fold on 1 July.
The trustees of the town’s independent lifeboat service, which had been serving the community for 19 years, asked the RNLI to take on...
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The German Life-Boat Society During the War
THE War, which caused such an inter- ruption in neatly every branch of national and international life, very soon led to a complete cessation of the exchange of journals and reports between this Institution and the Life-boat Services of our...
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Then and Now:
Then and now: The lifeboat house at Dun Laoghaire in the days of oar (above) and of outboard motors (right). In 1938 the boathouse ceased to be used by the RNLI and today's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat lies afloat in the harbour.
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Sticky situation
Weston-super-Mare’s lifeboats were needed on 31 May when a family of nine, including six children, got stuck in mud at the mouth of the River Axe.
The crew of the D class lifeboat were forced to beach her alongside the...
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Next generation is born
Sea trials of the prototype Shannon class lifeboat are underway. She is pictured here proving her ability to selfright.
This new all-weather lifeboat class, due to go into service next year, will be powered by waterjets,...
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Trial of the "Percy" Life-Boat
A trial of the life-boat designed by Mr. PEAKE, one of the Northumberland Life- Boat Committee, and built under his superin- tendence, by order of the Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty, in Her Majesty's Dockyard at Woolwich, for the...
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Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1910
Jan. 13.—Five men put off in a boat for the purpose of saving the crew of the smack Margaret Ann, of Fishguard, which stranded in a moderate W.N.W. gale and rough sea, off Bumham, on the 1st December, 1909.—Reward, 11. 10s. Also 18s. to...
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Life-Boat Regulations
THE following Regulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a Life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, and to whose care and control the Life-boat, her Crew, and...
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Bed Month Success
During national bed month, David Phipp house furnisher of Ferndown in Dorset, chose to support the RNLI by donating £10 for every bed purchased in March.
At the end of the promotion Ronny Spurr, treasurer of Ferndown... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
William McCann
Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class...