LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Celebrating 175 years of the RNLI. Today's Tyne class contrasts with a nine-knot Oakley and a pulling lifeboat from the early years of the 20th century, while one of the early D class lifeboats gives a hint of things to... - View image in PDF

THE PRESENTATION of a cheque for more than £50,000 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff to the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, was reported in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT. It was the amount raised up till that time by the...

The Life-boat journal was first published at a time of immense change for the Institution. In an extract from his book Riders of the Storm, Ian Cameron recounts some of the major events from that period of the RNLI's history.The...

Boxed clever Gloucester's Flag Day is always held early in the year, when the weather can be guaranteed to be inclement. This year's collecting went on during a blizzard of snow! Determined to keep the chill wind from my feet and...

THE PRESENTATION of no fewer than 23 medals for gallantry, an exceptionally high number for any one year, provided the central feature of this year's annual general meeting and served as a reminder to the large number of supporters...

Open Days The Open Days at the RNLI's Poole Headquarters and Depot, which were postponed from last year due to building work, have been scheduled for August.

Both sites, including the new building, will be open on...

Charting progress I recently finished reading the Spring 1994 issue of THE LIFEBOAT and am, as always, utterly amazed at the achievements of the Institution over the years.

The accounts of the lifeboat services in...

(Above) HRH Princess Alexandra, who named the new Stornoway lifeboat, with Lady Aitken and the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution.. - View image in PDF