LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In June the RHLI asked Its supporters to help quantify its 'Vision and Ualues1 for the future.

Here Undrew Freemantle, Director of the Institution, reports on the outcomeM any thousands of people intimately involved in...

OCTOBER

Launches 107. Lives rescued 107.

OCT. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX, At about 4 P.M. the coastguard reported that a motor yacht, lying about two miles S.W. by S. of Walton Pier, was flying...

rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...

Storm Force Club Towards the end of last year, my branch started a Storm Force Club. This is not a group sharing corporate membership, but a club for youngsters who already have or who may be interested in having their own individual Storm...

Jersey's Grand Summer Ball on July 10 was held at Government House, Jersey, with the kind co-operation of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor General Sir Peter Whiteley and Lady Whiteley, president of the guild.

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RNLI Videos Lifeboats 24/7 £8.00* The story of the RNLI with rescue reconstructions Building support for lifeboats £8.00* Constructing the lifeboat shore facilities Five minutes with the RNLI plus / Saved by a motor lifeboat (1924)...

JANUARY Launches 51 Lives rescued 103 JANUARY 1ST. - GALWAY BAY. The priest of the Inisheer Island was at Kilronan on Inishmore, where the Galway Bay life-boat is stationed. It was necessary that he should return to Inisheer on New Year’s...

Thankfully, lifeboat disasters are rare. Lifeboats are designed to withstand the very worst conditions and on occasions in recent years many crews have had cause to be grateful to the self-righting capability of modern lifeboats. The sea is...