LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 21 August 1992 show that so far during 1992: The RNLI's lifeboats have been launched 2,362 times (an average of more than 10 launches a day) 583 lives have been saved (an average of more...
Category: Articles
Brooks & Bentley
In a dramatic tribute to the power and force of nature's toughest and most volatile elements, the master jewellers of Brooks & Bentley are proud to announce a distinctive timepiece that embraces both cutting edge style together with...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Gairsoppa
MARCH 1ST. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
The S.S. Gairsoppa, of Glasgow, 5,000 tons, with a crew of thirty, had been torpedoed and had sunk. At 10.30 A.M. the life-boat motor-mechanic saw a small boat with survivors on board. A...
Gratitude, of Aberystwith,
On the 28th Feb. this life-boat again went out in reply to signals of distress from the schooner Gratitude, of Aberystwith, which, while attempting to cross the bar in a heavy ground sea, had struck on the edge of the North Bank." It...
A LIFESAVING TICKET
WINTER 2015 LOTTERY RESULTS
Congratulations to Mrs M Croain from Hampshire, who
won the £5,000 first prize in our Winter Lifeboat Lottery.
The other winners were:
2ND PRIZE:...
Category: Articles
Sealark
MA Y 22ND . - FERRYSIDE, CAR- MARTHENSHIRE. At 7.57 in the evening the Pembrey coastguard telephoned that a boat was in distress half a mile off shore, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Richard Ashley slipped her moorings at 8.27 and put...
REMEMBERED ALWAYS
Grief can affect us all in different ways. One way people find comfort is by creating an online space to honour their loved one's life. A Forever by the Sea tribute fund allows you to collect and share treasured memories, stories and...
Category: Articles
LIFESAVING BY NUMBERS
SUMMER 2017 LOTTERY RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr IS Lindsay who won our first prize of £5,000 cash.
OUR OTHER WINNERS WERE:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mr P Laws
3RD PRIZE: £500<...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
V.—MARGATE.
The Quiver, No. I.
This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.
A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...
Category: Articles
Letters
Local boat How does one 'sell' the lifeboat service? Our branch committee at Barrow-in-Furness believes that where you have a comparatively isolated community and a lifeboat station as well, you 'localise' the boat. There...
Category: Correspondence