LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
We Ask the Questions
What is involved in running a successful RNLI branch and how does it work? Lifeboat speaks to two branch officials from very different corners of the Institution - John Dennison, chairman of Uckfield and Heathfield branch in Sussex, and...
Category: Articles
The Annie, Johann Benjamin, and Briton and Krona
On the night of the 17th, lights, repeated in quick succession, were seen in the direction of the New Sand light, and the Donna Nook Life-boat proceeded to sea, but the unfortunate vessel, which was found to be the Annie, of Montrose, had...
Some Ways of Raising Money
Bodmin Lower School (Comprehensive), which is particularly interested in Padstow lifeboat, arranged a sponsored tables contest—the 2 x 2 = 4 kind—in aid of the RNLI just before Christmas. Younger children had to learn tables up to 10 x 12...
Category: Donations
In Conference
Every four years the lifeboat nations of the world gather at a different venue to share and exchange information and technical expertise.
The 16th Conference was held in early June 1991 at Oslo.
Edward...
Category: Meetings
The S.S. Durban Castle
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.5 on the night of the 18th of December, 1958, the port medical officer of Cowes informed the honorary secretary that an injured seaman on board the S.S.
Durban Castle required hospital treat-...
Coxswain Blogg Twice Rams the Bulwarks of the Wreck, and So Gets the Life-Boat Right Under the Rigging, Where the Two Men Are
Coxswain Blogg Twice Rams The Bulwarks of the Wreck and So Gets The Life-Boat Right Under The Rigging Where The Two Men Are. First One and Then The Other Jumps Aboard. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Of the Four Periods In the History of the Lifebout the First Covering the Days of the Pulling and Sailing Boats Is By Far the Longest Launch of the 35Ft Liverpool Lifeboat Samuel Lewis at Skegness In
Of the four periods in the history of the litcbodt. lilt' f i r s t , covering the days of the pulling ami sailing bouts, is by far the longest. Launch of the .Ifft Liverpool lifeboat Samuel Lewis tit Skegness in 1906.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bishop of Cloyne Speaking at the Youghal Ceremony
The Bishop of Cloyne Speaking at The Youghal Ceremony. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Boy
Shortly after 11 A.M. on the 5th October a small boat was observed about four miles to the N.E.of Buckie Harbour, evidently in dis- tress. By aid of glasses it was seen that the sail had been blown away and that the occupant was holding up...
On January 23 Bembridge Lifeboat the 48Ft 6In Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees Launched In Gale Force Winds to Stand By the Coaster Greta C at Anchor Off St.Cathe
On January 23 Bembridge lifeboat, the 48ft 6in Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees, launched in gale force winds to stand by the coaster Greta C, at anchor off St Catherines with engine failure and awaiting a tug. When the tug arrived, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs