LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Since experimental trials in'63 the ILBs have proved so successful that there are now 100 of them in regular use as well as the 150 conventional lifeboats. Over a three month period last year, these tough, nearly indestructable craft,...

A few weeks later, on May 28, a pleasure boat was returning from a lighthouse trip when her crew, Second Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Ronald Wheeler spotted a man on the rocks signalling that somebody was injured.

Unable to...

Naming and dedication Ceremonies rlOWth - Arun class Hibernia The naming ceremony of the RNLI's new relief 52ft Arun class lifeboat was held on Saturday 16 September at Howth Harbour.

Mrs Maureen Haughey named the new...

The Institution is very grateful to the Merchant Navy Comforts Service, the Friends of the Fighting Forces and the Red Cross Comforts Depot far their many gifts of sea-boot stockings, woollen helmets, jerseys, socks, gloves and scarves....

Pictured at bottom: The Enniskillen crew and the Atlantic 21 lifeboat Bienwatch on the Enniskillen inland waterways Photo: Colin Watson. - View image in PDF

" Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked and Rescued by a Life-boat.

Describe Your Experiences." THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools has been held this year for...

Thursday, 2nd April, 1914.

The rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., was unanimously elected Chairman, and Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., Deputy Chairman, of the Committee of Management of the Institution...

Pulling a fast one? There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that the RNLI trials team are looking for an alternative means of lifeboat propulsion and asked the Director to acheive 25 knots under oar! Brian Miles, right, is actually... - View image in PDF