LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Queensferry- Scotland Division
Queensferry's Atlantic 21 lifeboat station is another which is easily found by reference to a famous structure, as clearly shown on the left! The station itself is at the very bottom of the photo, at the landward end of the pier to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wolverhampton (Left)
It may be hard to believe, but the same self-righting principle applies to these two lifeboats, separated by more than 125 years of development. The sails and oars may have given way to turbocharged diesels, but the raised fore-and-aft boxes... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barge Sunk In the Thames Estuary. Silver Medal Service By Margate
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 154 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to March 31st, 1953 - 78,157 Barge Sunk in the Thames Estuary Silver Medal Service by...
Category: Services
Welcome
Whether people walk by the sea, have fun on it, or save lives in it, we want them to stay safe. Lifeguards like those pictured on our front page face tough training to prepare them: high standards of fitness, safety knowledge...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies In England
FOUR other naming ceremonies were held in England, in June and July, 1950, at Seaham, Clovelly, Hastings, and Teesmouth.
Seaham The new Seaham life-boat lias been built out of a legacy from the late Miss Elizabeth Elmy, of...
Category: Inaugurations
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
PRESERVATION OF LITE PROM SHIPWRECK.
Ob«Me.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C.Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...
Category: Medals
The Women of Boulmer. Seven Hours on Duty In a December Night's Blizzard
ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.
Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collier which loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...
Category: Services
'A radical new approach'
How are we tackling the drowning problem around our coasts?
In 2012, we reached a crossroads in our mission to save lives at sea. We had the best possible kit, training and crew, yet there...
Category: Articles
Monty's Marine life
Diver, journalist and DIY convert Monty Halls tells Rory Stamp why he chose the simple life – and why he will always be grateful to the RNLI
When I step into Monty’s small Bristol office, I’m confronted with a toothy grin...
Category: Articles
The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra Were Among Passengers Who Had to Be Rescued from the Ferry Winston Churchill When She Ran Aground In Gothenberg Sweden Last Summer Th
The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra were among passengers who had to be rescued from the ferry Winston Churchill when she ran aground in Gothenberg, Sweden, last summer. The conductor, Malcolm Doley, is pictured here with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs