LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AN exhibition of Dutch and Flemish pictures was held in his Bond Street gallery, in May and June, by Mr.

Eugene Slatter, and he very kindly gave the money from the sale of the catalogues to the Institution. The exhibition...

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The Royal National Life-boat Institution at 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I, is continuing to benefit from the sale of Tales told by a Squirrel—a kindly little book for animal lovers which was written by the late Mrs. M....

MARCH 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

At about 5 P.M. an army officer and two non-commissioned officers launched an old boat, intending to punt in shallow water. They had not allowed for the strong ebbing tide and a fresh S.E...

FRAMED letters of thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., have been sent to Mr. C. J. Bean and and Mr. R. Swalwell, the crew of the Scarborough IRB, for their efforts when a child...

The RNLI will spend significantly less money on radio licensing fees, following Ofcom’s announcement on new pricing for the maritime sector.

Our lifeboat stations and lifeguards rely on maritime VHF radio channels to...

Workington, Cumberland.—At 7.-10 on the evening of the 10th of December, 1956, a message was received from the Walney coastguard that a smallboat, with four Silloth firemen on board, had put out at five o'clock from Grune Point to search...

How does a volunteer lifeboat crew member find the time to juggle their work and personal life with their lifeboat duties - and why? Jon Jones spent some time on the Isle of Wight with Bembridge coxswain Martin Woodward to try to get some...