LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 5.14 on the evening of the 18th of De- cember, 1955, the coastguard tele- phoned that a wireless message had been received from the S.S. Pompey Power, of Portsmouth, that she had a very sick man on board who...

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...

At 4.46 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been reported firing red flares five miles south of the Needles.

The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped her moorings at...

Women Launchers at Dungeness. - View image in PDF

ATLANTIC 21 AND D CLASS inshore lifeboats, out on trials, are a familiar sight in the Solent; testing and proving the vast amount of detailed development work which, over the past 15 years or so, has been quietly going ahead at the RNLI...

Presentation of token cheque for £40,000, at end of fiveyear international sponsored swim project: (I to r) Harold Hassall, secretary ASA: Paul Lucas, special projects manager, Cadburys, sponsors, ASA club championships; Stephen Poulter... - View image in PDF

Award of the Thanks of the institution Inscribed on Vellum.

ON the morning of January 26th, the whole of the Newbiggin fishing fleet had gone out in fine weather, but while they were at sea a sudden gale sprang up. By...

After last year’s success, the RNLI has again been named as the official charity partner for Cowes Week 2010.

The internationally famous sailing regatta has been staged each August since 1826 and attracts participants and...