LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Armandeche
DOVER COASTGUARD received information from Cap Gris Nez at 1315 on Tuesday June 29, 1982, that the 50ft French trawler Armandeche was aground on the Goodwin Sands, north north east of South Goodwin Lightvessel.
At 1325 the...
A Fire at a Building Yard. Three Life-Boats Destroyed
ON 18th June a fire at the building yard of Messrs. Groves and Guttridge, Cowes, destroyed three motor life-boats and a quantity of the Institution's timber. The life-boats were those from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Selsey, Sussex,...
Category: Articles
The Curved After End of the Tunnel Cant Is Built Up In Position of Agba Laminates Scarphed on to Solid Mahogany for the Straight Run Forward the Building Batten Can Once A
The curved after end of the tunnel cant is built up, in position, of agba laminates scarphed on to solid mahogany for the straight run forward. The building batten can once again be seen at the top of the picture.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Ways of Raising Money
Mr. J. L. Tillett, a leading member of the Norwich Round Table (which paid for the IRB at Happisburgh) is a jeweller by trade. He made some delightful miniature badges depicting a life-boat, in gold and colour, which were sold at the Norfolk...
Category: Donations
Nottingham Lifeboat Appeal
NEALES OF NOTTINGHAM in conjunction with the RNLI Nottingham and District branch and Nottingham Building Society arranged a celebration balloon flight on June 3, 1983, to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the Montgolfier...
Category: Articles
Northern Exposure
On a squally November night, time was rapidly running out for a fisherman in the water in Fraserburgh Harbour
It was quick thinking, forward planning and great teamwork by the local lifeboat...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (190)
DECEMBER 27TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
Flares had been seen and an aeroplane was believed to be in the sea, but the life-boats found nothing, and later it was learned that a German aeroplane had been...
Dedication: Offshore—Inshore
MOELFRE, JUNE 17 and BROUGHTY FERRY, JULY 17 BRILLIANT SUNSHINE and a fresh northerly wind building up white horses out at sea gave a sparkling day for the handing over ceremony and dedication of Moelfre's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat,...
Category: Inaugurations
MAYDAY 2017
DO YOUR BIT FUND OUR KIT
Mayday is the RNLI's biggest fundraising campaign of the year.
Our crew members don't do anything by halves; when the call comes, they drop everything to save lives. But...
Category: Articles
Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248 (17-24): Apr12.Api23, MaylS May31 0-536: Apr12. Apr14. Apr23, Apr24.
Mayl 3 Abetdovey B-758: Mar3D. Mar31. May6(x2), MaylS. May25 Abersoch B-582: MayS. MayS. May16 Abarystwyth B-704: Mar27. Apr21. Mayl....
Category: Services