LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No, ENOLAMT). Ft In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-ON-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 1 HOLY ISLAND — No. 1 _ - — 34 - 8 3 ...
Category: Articles
Jacques Colin
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 2nd of December, 1955, an ex-coxswain of the life-boat heard a wireless distress call from a French trawler in the direction of Skipsea. At 11.55 the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield...
Practical Help: (Above) Scouts Repaint Poole's Old Lifeboat House Now a Museum With Paint Supplied By 1C I As Part of the Brighter Britain Campaign (Photo Jeff Morris) A
Practical help: (above) Scouts repaint Poole's old lifeboat house, now a museum, with paint supplied by 1C I as part of the Brighter Britain Campaign (photo, Jeff Morris), and (below) members of 206 air navigation course, RAF Finningly,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On Exercise By Andrew Gould Assistant Public Relations Officer RNLI
IT is THE PRACTICE in the lifeboat service for the divisional inspector of lifeboats to make a formal visit to each of the offshore lifeboat stations in his division once every six months (every three months for ILBs) for the purpose of...
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Jumping for joy
Fearless RNLI supporters jumped into the record books in June when they smashed the record for the most tandem skydives in one day.
On Saturday 14 June, 323 fundraisers around the UK jumped from a height of 3,048m, with 25...
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Rescue By Fifteen-Year-Old Boy
AT 10.30 on the morning of the 27th of July, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of the Hoylake life-boat station, Captain H. H. Davies, that a man was in danger on a bank opposite the Heswall Yacht Club, and asked if the...
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People and Places
Three men from Ramsey lifeboat station have laid claim to being the first Manxmen to climb the rigging of an 1863-built full-rigged sailing ship since the Ramsey-built vessel last left the island some 100 years ago... And what were they...
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News and Views
John McCarthy presents RNLI video Journalist and broadcaster, John McCarthy, presents the new RNLI video which is being launched at the London International Boat Show at Earl's Court this month. John, embarked on a circumnavigation of...
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Ocean Venture and Lead Us
BERTHED SAFELY At 1.30 p.m. on 23rd October, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that heavy seas were running on the harbour bar and two fishing boats were still at sea. There was a north-westerly gale with very rough seas and it...