LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Steamers Stella Maris and Oria
About 10 P.M. on the 7th January, two steamers, the Stella Maris, of Glasgow, and Oria, of Bilbao, collided off the Skerries.
Within five minutes of the collision the latter vessel sank, but happily her crew were able to...
The Ex-Ship's Life-Boat Herald D.
Lifeboat and casualty swept by breakers during rescue The Director of the RNLI has written to the Cullercoats station congratulating the Helmsman, Robert Oliver, and the crew of the C class inflatable. The letter followed a service to an...
RNLI FAMILY: The Life of the Charity Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Wedding Day Shout
As Lough Swilly Crew Member Francy Burns took the microphone for his wedding speech, his bride-to be, Helen, was surprised to hear the sound of a pager instead of the traditional declarations of love....
Category: Articles
Lady Norton a Member of the Committee of Management Presented the Rnli 1977 Public Relations Awards on the Jetty of the Central Feature—Brighton Marina—On the Fir
Lady Norton, a member of the Committee of Management, presented the RNLI 1977 public relations awards on the jetty of the central feature—Brighton Marina—on the first Sunday of the show. One was to members of that staunch band of lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bulgarian Motor Vessel Vassil Levsky
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF BULGARIAN SHIP Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.30 on the morning of the 17th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Bulgarian motor vessel Vassil Levsky of Varna had a sick man on board who needed a...
Suspension of the Life-Boat Journal.
Owing to the need for the strictest economy in the use of paper the Institution's journal "The Life-boat", stopped publication after the number for April, 1940. In its place single sheet bulletins will be issued from time to...
Category: Articles
No fear for the Reaper
Whitby’s Trent class lifeboat was launched on 20 July 2008 at 11.30pm to help the historic fishing vessel Reaper, which had suffered engine failure and was taking on water. In force 7 winds and a 4m swell, the volunteers transferred their...
Category: Articles
A year with the Yorkshire
The RNLI is Yorkshire Building Society group's Charity of the Year for 2012. Staff and customers at more than 200 branches of Yorkshire, Chelsea and Barnsley Building Societies will raise money for lifeboat crew and lifeguard training....
Category: Articles