LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
Putting training into practice The crew atWeston-super-Mare were training in the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Coventry and Warwickshire on 8 June when they diverted to a real shout. A crew of five on a yacht requested assistance because of engine...
Around the Emerald Isle
Building into the MillenniumRNLI shoreworks manager Howard Richings continues his tour around the coast with a visit to IrelandOkay, so we all make mistakes - there are 38 stations around the coast of Ireland, not 37 as stated at the end of...
Category: Articles
Fishing smack "Ebenezer" of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross."
Fishing smack " Ebenezer " of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross.". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS Shoreline has taken great strides forward. Our membership has grown faster than ever before, largely due to the support we are receiving from our members and, above all, from financial branches and guilds. We...
Category: Articles
A Speed Boat (1)
Joint rescue saves water-skiersOn Saturday, 8 September 2001, three lifeboats, two helicopters and two cliff rescue teams were called out to rescue three people from a speedboat that had capsized in a notoriously dangerous area. The wind was...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1985 RNLI lifeboats have so far launched 749 times, saving 305 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,613 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,330 lives (an average of over three people...
Category: Articles
None (1)
Aith, Shetlands. At 10.20 a.m. on 1st December, 1965, at the request of the local medical officer of health, the lifeboat John and Frances Macfarlane was launched in a moderate north westerly breeze and in a rough sea to take a doctor and a...
The Watson (Cabin) Type of Motor Life-Boat
By CAPTAIN HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boatsALTHOUGH the Barnett (Twin Screw) Boat, built for the Station at New Brighton, was the first Cabin Life-boat to be laid down for the Institution's fleet, the...
Category: Articles
Exmouth: (above) Souvenir programmes, and a bouquet, are presented to HRH the Duke and Duchess of Kent
Exmouth: (above) Souvenir programmes, and a bouquet, are presented to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Form of Bequest
P*OR those who wish permanently to benefit what must necessarily be a permanent Work of Humanity.
I give and bequeath to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, London,...
Category: Donations