LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Trailer Trainer:
Trailer trainer: a caravan fitted out as a classroom to provide lifeboat crews with specialist training in communications, radar plotting and navigation was presented to the RNLI by Dr Ronald Hope, Director of the Marine Society on June 27... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir William Sutherland
Sir William Sutherland, Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders police holds the winning ticket in the Scottish region Volvo Draw. Pictured from left to right in front of the car are: Gillian Paton, representing Loganair who presented a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gregory Conneely Chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society Presents a Cheque for £1500 the Result of a Proportion of Its Fish Auction Being Made Over to the Rnli (1 To
Gregory Conneely, chairman of Galway and Aran Fishermen's Co-Operative Society, presents a cheque for £1,500, the result of a proportion of its fish auction being made over to the RNLI. (1. to r.) Noel Mickey, chairman of Galway... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Racing Dinghies (2)
Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
Green grant
The newly refurbished Grace Darling museum in Bamburgh, Northumberland, has proved a very popular tourist attraction. But it’s not just the exhibits that are attracting plaudits. The Low Carbon Buildings Programme has awarded the museum a...
Category: Articles
Gifts from the Fighting Services.
Here are some of the many gifts received recently from the fighting services: £63 from a battalion in the Middle East; £36 from a battalion in Gibraltar; £128 from British troops in Iceland; £42 from an R.A.F. maintenance...
Category: Articles
Snow Bound.
Towards the end of January, after the heaviest fall of snow for many years, the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeensbire, was cut off by land from the rest of the world. Roads and railways were blocked; the telephone wires were down; but the sea...
Category: Articles
The Record Month by Month
1944 January . . 35 39 3 February . . 38 58 2 March . . 36 12 3 April . . 41 97 4 May. . . 31 16 4 June. . . 23 8 3 July . . . 35 8 3 August . . 40 93 7 September . . 31 13 3 October . . 45 66 5 November . . 51 52 6 December . . 49 252 7 - -...
Category: Annual Reports
18 in 1 day
Tynemouth lifeboat crew rescued 18 people on one busy Saturday, 26 March. First, three trawlermen needed a tow home to Blyth after their vessel suffered an engine fire. Both Tynemouth lifeboats, along with RNLI colleagues from Cullercoats...
Category: Articles
Photos
THE RNLI was the beneficiary of the 1983 Newmarket Charity Race Day on Saturday June 25 when just over £13,500 was raised for the lifeboats. Although the morning began dull and overcast, by midday the cloud had dispersed and the sun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs