LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The weird and wonderful Prize Old Mummers, a group of 'am-dram' actors from Emsworth, have been raising cash for their friends at the local lifeboat branch again.. - View image in PDF

Fishing vessel aground A DISTRESS CALL asking for lifeboat assistance from the fishing vessel Admiral Van Tromp was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by Whitby Coastguard at 0302 on Thursday, September 30, 1976; the...

In Number 43 of this Journal for January, 1862, we gave a description and illustrations of these useful articles, which much facilitate the launching and hauling up of heavy boats and their transport for short distances on the...

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service, and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...

Eight men plucked from fishing vesselCoxswain Albert Sutherland of the Fraserburgh lifeboat City of Edinburgh has been awarded the thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on vellum following a service in which the...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1995 show that during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 6,092 times (an average of more than 16 launches a day) 1,621 lives were saved (an average of four a day) Some 4%...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 5 November1995 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,770 times (an average of more than 15 launches a day) 1,089 lives were saved (an average of more than 3 a...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 February 1994 show that during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 5,397 times (an average of 14 launches a day) 1,274 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) Nearly 4% of all...