LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...

THE COMPETITION for the Renault STL car is still progressing well. The draw will be made at the Motor Fair at Earls Court on October 28 and the lucky winner will be published in the next issue of THE LIFEBOAT. Your response has been most...

Launch team praised THE STORMS which battered the south east coast of England last autumn left Eastbourne lifeboat station behind a three foot high sandbank, 30ft in length.

At 1913 on November 1, 1987, Coxswain Graham Cole...

Congratulations Once again RNLI supporters excelled themselves with the Lifeboat Lottery. The spring 2005 Lottery was the RNLI's highest earning Lottery ever, raising over £557,000. Many thanks to all of you who purchased tickets...

DEC. 21ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK. Information was received shortly before 2 A.M.

from the coastguard that a vessel had struck a mine near the Haisborough Light-vessel.

A light southerly wind was blowing, with...

Most of the RNLI’s UK supporters boost their donations by using Gift Aid, which allows the charity to claim back the basic rate tax that donors have already paid on donations. This brings in a very large amount indeed (about £4M...

Lifesavers from across Asia and Africa are sharing new-found skills with their lifesaving organisations, thanks to a course run by the RNLI.

An estimated 1.2M people drown around the world every year – more than the number...

OCTOBER 13TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At noon two Belgians were fishing between Berry Head and Hope’s Nose when the engine of their motor trawler De Meeuw broke down. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with rain squalls and steep, breaking seas....