LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution (continued.)
RAMSGATE.—At about 2.20 A.M., on the 5th May, during a fresh wind from the N.N.W., signal guns and rockets were fired from' the North Sand Head and Gull Lightships. The Vulcan steam-tug and Life-boat Bradford were manned as quickly as...
Category: Services
Wild is the wind
The wind brings us clear blue skies and storms, makes a sailboat sail and chills us to the bone. But have you ever wondered where it comes from? Here the Lifeboat gives you a beginner’s guide to wind and its extreme effects<...
Category: Articles
Lymington: Wing Cdr Alan Roxburgh (R) Station Honorary Secretary and Herbert Rand (I) Branch Vice-Chairman With Clare Francis Who Opened the Station's New Il
Lymington: Wing Cdr Alan Roxburgh (r.), station honorary secretary, and Herbert Rand (I.), branch vice-chairman, with Clare Francis who opened the station's new ILB boathouse on June 2, unveiling a plaque commemorating a gift from Saab... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Year Honours
Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to our RNLI volunteer crew members and fundraisers who have been recognised in HM The Queen's 2013 New Year Honours list:
MBE: Frances Kilner,...
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Hurricane-force winds as two lifeboats search for missing diversThe rescue of two skin divers in appalling weather conditions has won Acting Coxswain James Dougal a Silver Medal for Gallantry. Weather and sea conditions during the service...
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AUGUST 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
An object which looked like a small boat had been reported, but it was found to be a large black buoy. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d..
Stay safe this Summer
RNLI lifeguards will be on patrol on all the usual beaches in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Jersey this Summer. We're in negotiations to take on some more beaches too – watch this space!
With the Olympics and...
Category: Articles
A leap of faith
When a January storm savaged a sail training crew and their yacht, a lifeboat headed to their aid – but in these violent conditions, what could the RNLI volunteers do to help?
Keen sailor...
Category: Articles
The Corvette K458 (1)
MARCH 29TH. - SENNEN COVE, AND PENLEE, CORNWALL. A message was received at Sennen Cove at 7.33 in the morning that a vessel needed help four miles north-north-west of Pedn-men-Dhu. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing and the sea was...
Wrecks and Derelicts
(From The. Times, 18th October, 1889.) AMONG the many risks to which vessels navigating the sea channels near our coasts and the fairways leading to our ports are exposed, that of sunken or floating wrecks has of late years become very...
Category: Articles