LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, the 18th day of March 1879, his Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, Lord Privy Seal,...

IN our January Number we gave an account of the spirited and philanthropic exertions of the inhabitants of Ipswich, headed by Mr. BATEMAN BYNG, to raise a fund for the establishment of a Life-boat station on the coast, and stated that so...

When HRH The Prince of Wales visited Connah's Quay, Deeside, on July II, he met Garry Jones, station honorary secretary (c.) and Flint lifeboatmen who were there to launch their D class inflatable lifeboat down the new slipway built as... - View image in PDF

Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.—At 11.20 on the night of the 4th of Octo- ber, 1956. the coastguard telephoned that the fishing boat Moira, with a crew of two, was overdue from a fish- ing trip east-south-east of Seaham.

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THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN S. PAKINGTON, Bart., G.C.B., M.P., in the Chair.

1.—Moved by the Chairman :— 1.—That the following noblemen and gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year:—(vide last page for...

JUNE 28 TH . - ST, PETERPORT, GUERNSEY, On 26th of June the honorary secretary at St Helier, Jersey, telephoned to the Institution that he was unable to get a crew to take his life-boat to Cowes, which it had been arranged that he should do,...

Pictured below L-R: Tower Pier lifeboat Crew Members Kaverne Bailey (23), Michael 'Fester' Sinacola (38) and Ian Barnaby (44) Pictured right and bottom right: Bill Callaghan is a yeoman at the Tower of London - and a volunteer at the... - View image in PDF

In hurricane force winds, Ballycotton lifeboat crew launched to the aid of eight men on a lightship near Daunt Rock. 70 years on, it's a feat of courage and endurance still seen as one of the most demanding rescues in RNLI...