LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

For modern boats there is a choice. Wood, glass reinforced plastic, steel and aluminium are all very good, well tried materials. The first three have all been used for RNLI lifeboat hulls while aluminium is used for superstructures. All have...

AT a press conference held in London on 24th October, Commander F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., Chairman of the R.N.L.I., announced a colourful programme of events to celebrate in 1974 the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the R.N.L.I...

An everyday scene which even the complacent Australian cannot take for granted is the surf boat crews battling their way through the wildest surf. They make an unforgettable sight on the shoreward run with the five-man crew crowded at the...

Fifty cyclists are being sought to undertake a once-in-a-lifetime ride to the most northerly lifeboat station at Honningsvag, Northern Norway, during the Arctic Cycle Challenge, taking place between 18-26 July 1998, in aid of the... - View image in PDF

E - U - R - O - P - E - S L - A - R - G - E - S - T The European Workboat Show has expanded rapidly and successfully with last year's visitors voting the show a huge success.

Well over 5000 trade visitors, from over 40...

.Friday, 5th July, 1918.

The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.

Bead and confirmed the minutes of the previous meetings.

Also read and confirmed the minutes of the...

ENGINE DISORDER Cromer, Norfolk. At 12.30 a.m. on 23rd December, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Haisbro' lightvessel had sighted red flares about two and a half miles to the southwest.

There...

TWO former operational staff were instrumental in convincing the RNLI of the need to introduce inflatables into the fleet. Lt David Stogdon, an inspector of lifeboats and later Superintendent of Cowes Base, where he led the design and...