LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Duke of Richmond and Gordon opened the new life-boat house at the recently completed station at Selsey, Sussex, at a ceremony on the 18th of July, 1960. Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee Management of the Institution, gave an address,...

The launch was one of their toughest – what would the lifeboat volunteers find when they reached the casualty, dragging in the water?

It was a bright and breezy morning on
4 September 2009 when a man and...

Earls Court, London, January 6 to 16 A SHOP WINDOW FOR THE WORK OF THE RNLIA YEAR OF NATIONAL CELEBRATION for the 25 years of Her Majesty The Queen's reign began for lifeboat supporters in January at the 1977 International Boat Show in...

Lerwick lifeboatmen lead Viking fire festival Longships are so old fashioned. The 21 st century Viking's transport-of-choice is a Severn class lifeboat.

Or so Lerwick crew members Bruce Leask (left) and John Sinclair...

It's 27 March 1941. Two days after being attacked by a squadron of Luftwaffe bombers, the SS Somali, a large convoy ship, burns a mile off the Northumberland coast. Intent on saving her cargo, crew from a salvage tug board to assess the...

THROUGH the kindness of the organ- izers of the Engineering and Marine Exhibition (formerly the Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition), held at Olympia, from 16th Septem- ber to 2nd October of this year, the Institution was given...

Twin Mermaid Type 595 TP TURBO-PLUS Marine Diesels now installed in this craft.

To be followed by similar installations in new 44 foot Steel Lifeboats Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd THAMES MARINA THAMES DITTON SURREY Telephone:...

NEGOMARINE THE AUTO PILOT PEOPLE Automatic Pilot for Commercial Craft Electronic Capstans Electronic Instruments Anchor Windlasses Dinghy Hoists NECO MARINE LIMITED Walton Road, Eastern Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, England I Tel: Cosham (070...