LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
November
Launches 51 Lives rescued 52 NOVEMBER 3RD. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 5.42 in the evening, information was received from the naval authorities at Great Yarmouth, through the coastguard, that a motor vessel; outside Wells harbour...
Category: Services
Mr. V. Frank Has Been Appointed Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Frank, Who Is Aged 46, Is Married and Lives In Chislehurst. He Has Wide and Varied Experience In the Commercial World at M
Mr. V. Frank Has Been Appointed Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Frank, Who Is Aged 46, Is Married and Lives In Chislehurst. He Has Wide and Varied Experience In The Commercial World at M. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
East Division Among sandbanks AT 1621 on Sunday March 31, 1985, a coastguard auxiliary from Brancaster reported to his Great Yarmouth coordination centre that he had a board sailor in sight who was in trouble. He was lying on his board,...
Category: Services
The Life-Boat Service and Salvage
ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...
Category: Articles
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner (1)
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
Shoreline
ANOTHER YEAR has come to an end, and what a good year it has been for Shoreline. In the 12 months of 1980, 12,000 new members were enrolled— the largest number so far in any one year. That such a fine result was achieved is due to the great...
Category: Articles
Marigold
All hands to the pumps On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire...
Launch:
Launch: The coxswain checks the depth of water before signalling for the retaining chains to be released.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Physical Peak
A team from Bristol University Officers Training Corps completed the Three Peaks Challenge last June raising over £300 for lifeboat coffers.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards Ceremony
TUESDAY MAY 21, 1985 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: A.M.
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: P.M.
There was much to please RNLI supporters in what the Institution's chairman, the Duke of Atholl, had to say in his two...
Category: Meetings