LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fast afloat lifeboats at Jersey and Guernsey: (above) 44ft Waveney Thomas James King, stationed at St Helier, and (left) 52ft Arun Sir William Arnold, stationed at St Peter Port.

photograph by courtesy of'Guernsey... - View image in PDF

Every ticket counts The Lifeboat Lottery has been raising essential funds for over 25 years. During this time it has raised in excess of £12M - so thank you to all those who have supported the RNLI in this way Thanks to changes in...

BY the death of Mr. Webster Hoare, of St. Albans, on 20th October, the Institution has lost its oldest collector.

Mr. Hoare was nearly 87, and for nearly 30 years had collected for the Institution.

On...

Birmingham branch had a busy time last October. In one week an exhibition at the New Street Shopping Centre raised a magnificent £2,700. The branch's annual dinner and dance, held during the same week at the Botanical Gardens, and...

Derby branch commissioned Roderick Lovesey, the Derbyshire artist, to paint a lifeboat scene. A raffle for the original oil painting, The Rescue, is just ending, but a limited edition of 250 full colour prints (19'/2inx.26in) each signed... - View image in PDF

Lives saved.

Alcedo, steamer, of Bilbao—assisted to save vessel and 21 Aratus, brigantine, of Teignmonth —rendered assistance.

ArTc, ketch, of Bridgwater 3 Arktoto, ship, of Windsor, N.S.— rendered...

Salcombe lifeboat THE HONORARY SECRETARY of SalCOmbe lifeboat station was informed by Brixham Coastguard at 1313 on Sunday April 10, 1983, that an inflatable dinghy had capsized on the Skerries Bank at the southern end of Start Bay: two...

After 186 years of innovation, the RNLI is recognised internationally as a leader in lifeboat design and development. So why does the title ‘lifeboat inventor’ and the achievements of three 18th-century gentlemen still cause controversy and...