LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Waterballasting for Inshore Lifeboats
ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS of inflatable and semi-rigid boats which makes them particularly suitable for rescue work at sea is their inherent stability; and the lower in the water they are, with their wetted beam increased, the greater their...
Category: Articles
Coila
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 1.20 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1952, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned a wireless message from a steamer that the motor yacht Coila, of Plymouth, on passage to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was flying distress...
Lifeboat Ups and Downs
The RNLI's new dock and boat hoist came into use at the Poole depot in early June, enabling lifeboats to be lifted from the water and positioned anywhere in the yard for storage or inspection and work on underwater areas.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishy Goings-On
The recent fish quay festival at North Shields was graced by the presence of old King Neptune! Dressed in his self-created green, seaweedy raiment, Bill Lodge collected £208 for the RNLI. (Photo courtesy The Gazette). - View image in PDF
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legeud, " Royal...
Category: Medals
Cowes Week 2010
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...
Category: Articles
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1936
Greater London.
Life-boat day was held in Greater London on 19th May, carried out by ninety-two branches. The amount raised was £5,046, an increase of £138 on 1935.
The challenge shield for...
Category: Branches
China
PiEii, LANCASHIRE.—At 6 A.M. on the 4th September the William Eirkett Lifeboat was launched in reply to signals, to the assistance of the barque China, of Porsgrund, Norway. The boat was towed by the steam-tug Ajax, and when about two miles,...
June 23: Stornoway Crew With Borrowed Inflatable Dinghy Ferry Three Men Stranded for 36 Hours from Cliff Foot to Lifeboat Photograph By Courtesy of 'Hebridean News Agency'
June 23: Stornoway crew, with borrowed inflatable dinghy, ferry three men, stranded for 36 hours, from cliff foot to lifeboat. photograph by courtesy of 'Hebridean News Agency'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs