LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Diamond Dove
Six saved from power boat LymeRegis South West Division The Lyme Regis Atlantic 21 Independent Forester Benevolence rescued six people on 22 May 1988 in a short but difficult service when a small power boat lost engine power and was being...
Feature: Swiftwater Rescue
Although the RNLI's main purpose is saving lives at sea, it also has the people and equipment available to make a difference in flash floods. As reported in the spring 2005 issue of the Lifeboat, members of the Workington lifeboat crew...
Category: Articles
Membership News
And talking of parrots...
What does the word 'polylope' mean to you, apart from two love-struck parrots setting out on a new life together? In fact it represents an opportunity for significant cost savings to the...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
BEFOHK the middle of October the Institution's life-boats had already rescued more lives this year than they rescued in the whole of 1956, although 19,56 was the busiest year the service had ever known in time of peace.
Category: Articles
A taste for lifesaving
He owns a string of top eateries in London – so what is it that keeps restaurateur, chef and food writer Mark Hix coming back to the seaside?
There’s a force 7 off the Dorset coast, and...
Category: Articles
Members of Uttoxer Ladies' Guild
Members of Uttoxer Ladies' Guild made the most of their local festival by entering a 'float' in the procession.
A 'float' was an appropriate name, as they borrowed a publicity inshore lifeboat from their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Be Happy
Mersey saves five despite loss of one engine When the remnants of Hurricane Lili swept up the Channel on 28 October it not only caused considerable damage ashore but also caught out a 90ft modern yacht, well-found and fitted with modern...
A Speed Boat
Speedboat sinks ON THE MORNING of Easter Sunday April 7, 1985, Brixham coastguard received a report from a member of the public that a speedboat had sunk on Pole Sands and that there were some people in the water. Fifteen minutes later, at...
Fast Afloat Lifeboats at Jersey and Guernsey: (Above) 44Ft Waveney Thomas James King Stationed at St.Helier and (Left) 52Ft Arun Sir William Arnold Stationed at St
Fast afloat lifeboats at Jersey and Guernsey: (above) 44ft Waveney Thomas James King, stationed at St Helier, and (left) 52ft Arun Sir William Arnold, stationed at St Peter Port.
photograph by courtesy of'Guernsey... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On Instruction from the Coxswain and Second Coxswain
On instruction from the coxswain and second coxswain, the crew of Southsea lifeboat launch by pulling on the haul-off warp. This was a rope which was attached to an anchor offshore, allowing the lifeboat to be hauled out through the surf... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs