LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...

RESCUE D LifeBoAt CReW sAVes eAsteR BUNNy! Tobermory lifeboat crew had an unusual, yet appropriate, casualty to rescue on Easter Sunday in the form of a pet rabbit. Four adults, two children, a dog and the rabbit were onboard the yacht Blue...

IN the year 1851 the first self-righting Life-boat was built by Mr. JAMES BEECHING, the well-known boat-builder, at Yarmouth, who had obtained the prize of 1007., which had been offered in the previous year by Admiral the DUKE of...

RNLI crew members from Brighton, Littlehampton and Poole took part in two displays at the last ever Royal Tournament at Earls Court on 22 July.. - View image in PDF

THE ANNUAL MEETINGS - 1994 AGM and APA News The Institution's Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards will, as usual, take place in London at the South Bank Centre, this year on Tuesday 10 May...

By Captain ANTHONY S. THOMSON, C.B., Elder Brother of Trinity House, Commander E.N.R.

Reprinted from the " Journal of tJie Royal United Service Institution," by permission.

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news top RNLi AWARds The RNLI held its Annual Presentation of Awards in London’s Barbican Centre on 17 May, and Bronze Medals for Gallantry were awarded by HRH The Duke of Kent to Dr Christine Bradshaw (see page 16), Lifeguard Sophie...

IN our last issue we gave a brief description of the ordinary ship's log, -which has been in use during the last 275 years, and of patent logs also in use for the last half century. In continuation of that article, we have now to...