LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature: Going the Distance
The very nature of the RNLI means that hundreds of miles are clocked up in the name of training.
Crew and lifeguards travel to Poole to benefit from the unique facilities of The Lifeboat College (see pages 6 and 33 for more...
Category: Articles
A personal reflection from Paul Boissier
The RNLI’s Chief Executive Officer Paul Boissier is stepping down this year. Here is his take on the last decade
When Sir William Hillary founded the RNLI in 1824, he vowed that with courage, nothing is impossible. That...
Category: Articles
Willowbrook
A Willowbrook reclines, relaxes, lifts and massages...
Endorsed by Harley Street Orthopaedic Consultant all at the A Willowbrook powered recliner combines day-long comfort, elegance and style, while the optional massage...
Category: Advertisement
Spectators Getting a Thrill at Port Isaac, Cornwall, When As Part of a Water Safety Demonstration the Local Irb Showed What It Could Do In a Rocky Situation.
Spectators getting a thrill at Port Isaac, Cornwall, when as part of a water safety demonstration the local IRB showed what it could do in a rocky situation.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE Life-boat Saturday workers have required to use all their energy and zeal during the past year in pressing on their campaign on behalf of the fund. What with the South African War, and an increased Income Tax, followed by Peace...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
Whilst reading the winter 1999/00 issue of the lifeboat, I came across the piece about the refurbished lifeboat Queen Victoria which was said to be thought as the oldest RNLI lifeboat in existence.
It is not the oldest boat...
Category: Correspondence
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AUGUST 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. Rockets, probably from warships, had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £9 11s..
Fundraising
Alan chips in Kind-hearted chip shop owner Alan Smith threw a lifeline to Kessock lifeboat in October when he donated an entire day's takings from his branch of Harry Ramsden's in Inverness. Alan hasn't forgotten that he owes...
Category: Articles
Inaugural Ceremonies, England
H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Newhaven. H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, at Scarborough and Bridling ton.
EIGHTEEN Inaugural Ceremonies of new Motor Life-boats have been held during the five months...
Category: Inaugurations
Life-Boats Given By Corporate Bodies
OF the 157 life-boats in the Institu- tion's active fleet to-day, and the 23 in the reserve fleet, only six have been built out of the general funds of the Institution. The great majority have been provided by private legacies, but there...
Category: Donations