LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A mother's tale
A mother grieving for her drowned son is helping the RNLI to raise awareness of water safety
Plamen Petkov had appeared to be like any other visitor to the beach, until he drowned saving the...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Station
THB following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 293 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
Five Calls In One Day
ON Sunday, 9th November, 1969, the Eastney IRB was called out five times.
For their efforts that day Dr. Ian McLachlan, Mr. Peter Banister and Mr Brian Needle have all been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I, inscribed on...
Category: Services
After Her Righting Trial City of London IV Hauled Out Again at Fairey's Yard: a Group of Her Builders Were on Board Photograph By Courtesy of David Trotter
After her righting trial City of London i.v hauled out again at Fairev's vard: a group of her builders were on board. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of David Trotter. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI and us
Mayday, our national fundraising event, really seemed to capture the hearts of RNLI supporters – including some household names. Here’s why they pulled on yellow wellies to show their RNLI support …
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Category: Articles
The Danish Brigantine Feria
On the night of the 20th December, the Danish brigantine Freia, got on shore on the Dogger Bank, near the entrance of Wexford harbour. On her perilous condition being seen at day- light, a boat managed to get to her from the shore with a...
The S.S. Santa Rita
The Motor Life- boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 6.40 A.M. on the 31st October, as information had been received from the Coastguard that a vessel was on the Tongue Sand. She found the s.s. Santa Rita, of Panama,...
A Floating Crane
FEBRUARY 2ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.20 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that the naval authorities at Portsmouth had reported a floating crane in difficulties in Hayling Bay. A moderate south-west gale was blowing, with a rough...
The M.V Marilene
Life-boat 70-001, Bristol Channel - At 2.30 p.m. on 23rd January, 1967, the coxswain of the seventy foot life-boat intercepted a radio message that the m.v.
Marilene had broken down and required assistance in a position...
Helping the "Little Boats"
IN July Coxswain Roland Moore, coxswain of the Barrow life-boat, received a letter from four very young supporters. It contained a £i contribution.
"Dear Mr. Moore," they wrote. "Last month our Melanie,...
Category: Donations