LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Jan. 11.—Voted the Silver Medal to Mr.

WILLIAM PENROSE, and the thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum and framed, to his brothers Messrs. THOMAS and HENRY PENROSE for their very gallant but unsuccessful attempt to...

VoIces Awe and wonder Garden designer Chris Beardshaw is passionate about the earth, the sea – and the RnLi, as Liz Cook fi nds out ‘What is your idea of Paradise?’ that is Chris’s question to everyone for whom he designs a garden. there is...

Lifeboat station histories The Story of the Littlehampton lifeboats.

(updated 2nd edition) by Jeff Morris published by the author This volume is an updated second edition of one of a popular series of booklets produced by...

The United States Ambassador in London, Charles H. Price II (I), hosted a reception on October 2 to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the RNLI. HRH Princess Alexandra, accompanied by her husband, the Honourable Angus Ogilvie, was the guest... - View image in PDF

MARCH Launches 43 Lives rescued 45 MARCH 2ND. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.

The Admiralty tug Seaman put out from Montrose with a battle target in tow and the life-boat coxswain on board as pilot. A strong northerly wind was blowing,...

Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...

THE Italian Government has awarded medals to the Cromer life-boat crew for their gallantry in rescuing thirty men from the steamer Monte Nevoso, of Genoa, in October, 1932. The steamer had stranded on the Haisborough Sands and had broken her...

In a nod to his craft’s Victorian heritage, one Newcastle-based photographer is visiting every lifeboat station with his 110-year-old camera and glass plate technology.

Using a former NHS ambulance as a mobile darkroom,...