LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
From the Director
Brian Miles, Director of the RNLI, looks back on 1990 - and forward into the new decade and beyond The deadline for the Winter journal brought home to me that another year has elapsed, a year which I believe has been one of continuing and...
Category: Articles
The Barry Dock Glamorganshire 44-Foot Steel Life-Boat Arthur and Blanche Harris Alongside the Grounded MV Amalia at Nash Point on 21st May 1969 the Vessel Had Gr
The Barry Dock, Glamorganshire, 44-foot steel life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris alongside the grounded m.v. Amalia at Nash Point on 21st May, 1969. - View image in PDF
The vessel had grounded in fog.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Sam May, of Southwold
Coxswain Sam May, of South wold.
SAMUEL C. MAY, at one time Coxswain of the Southwold Life-boat, died on 18th. May last after a long illness. He was sixty-three years old, and was appointed Second Coxswain in 1891, seven...
Category: Obituaries
Back In Business—Hunstanton Closed 1931: Re-Opened 1979 By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
AT INTERVALS around our coasts stand solid, stone buildings with arched doorways facing the sea, many now with moss on their tiled roofs, weeds in the gutters and rust on the runners for the massive wooden doors. They are old lifeboathouses,...
Category: Articles
Below: a Rail Traveller Reaches for His Wallet Urged on By Brian Johnston, the Broadcaster, Whowas Collecting for the RNLI at Paddington Station.
Below: A rail traveller reaches for his wallet urged on by Brian Johnston, the broadcaster, whowas collecting for the RNLI at Paddington station. Photo The Times. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
NEW YEAR HONOURS
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours : Mr. Henry T. Davies, coxswain, Cromer, Norfolk, life-boat.
Mr. Roland Moore, coxswain, Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat.
Mr. Neil...
Category: Awards
KNIT A PAIR OF LIFESAVERS!
Are you a knitter? Woollen gifts have always helped raise funds and made great bespoke presents for loved ones. We asked one of our volunteers for a popular pattern that won’t tax the needles too much, but will still go down...
Category: Articles
Poole: (Above) Cheerful Greetings for the New 33Ft Brede Class
Poole: (above) Cheerful greetings for the new 33ft Brede class lifeboat RNLB Inner Wheel as she returns to Poole Town Quay after making a short demonstration trip in the habour.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Renovated Unity Buildings Are the Home for Salcombe's Crew
(Above right] The renovated Unity Buildings are the home for Salcombe's crew and a new museum. The top floor is the RNLI's only holiday flat!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Testing her mettle
The new RNLI memorial sculpture at Poole encapsulates the charity’s heritage and purpose – but who is behind its design?
It’s 7am and there’s a salty breeze blowing across the flats of Sittingbourne at the edge of...
Category: Articles