LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire.—About half past three on the morning of the 26th of September, 1950, several Scottish fish- ing boats working from Whitby were at sea. A strong north-easterly wind was causing a very heavy sea, making the approach to...

Facts and figures Provisional statistics as at 30 May 1990, show that during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 785 times (an average of some 5 launches a day) More than 215 lives were saved (an average of 1.5 people rescued each...

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As the Lifeboat went to print, RNLI rescue data for 2008 were announced.

Every one of the charity’s lifeboat stations and lifeguard units routinely reports its operational activities to Headquarters, where the Service...

Coxswain James Thomson, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire, has won both the Institution's silver medal and the British Empire Medal for rescuing the crew of a steamer in the blizzard which swept the west coast ot Scotland in the middle of...

MARCH. 8TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. During the morning a strong W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats from Girvan and two...

IN a recent number of this Journal, after explaining the reasons which had led to the transfer of the Life-boat Establishments of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society to the Royal National Life-boat...

How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1929.

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