LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The American Steamer Fort Perrot
JULY 27TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 2.25 in the morning the coastguard reported that shouts had been heard off Dungeness Point by a coastal battery. Later the lifeboat was asked to put out by the Royal Naval shore signal station, and at 4.15...
The Corton Lightvessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 7.31 p.m. on i4th December, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the Gorton lightvessel had on board her a man suffering from severe toothache who needed dental treatment. The...
The Iron Motor Vessel Innitrahull
The iron motor vessel Innistrahull, of Glasgow, was wrecked immediately behind the break- water of Girvan Harbour during a west by north gale and very heavy sea on the 15th December. On receipt of informa tion of the casualty the Second Cox-...
Princess Alexandra, Who Visited the R.N.L.I. Stand When Opening the International Boat Show at Earls Court on 6th January, 1965, Talks With Mr. J. Hodder, a Reserve Mechanic
Princess Alexandra, who visited the R.N.L.I, stand when opening the International Boat Show at Earls Court on 6th January, 1965, talks with Mr. J. Hodder, a reserve mechanic. Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The King Returns
Over 120 Elvis lookalikes, gangsters, Vegas girls, and other Vegas-style characters attended a glitzy Viva Las Vegas' RNLI fundraising party on 10 November at Fifteen 05 in central London. The evening included a star performance from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
View of the Deck
The Samuel and Marie Par house, the 46-feet Watson cabin motor life-boat stationed at Salcombe, Devon in 1938.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duchess of Kent
The Duchess of Kent was there to name the new lifeboat RNLB Duchess of Kent.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Power Behind Abersoch!
Nine businessmen, all friends and members of South Caernarfon Yacht Club (and fondly known locally as 'The fat boys'), decided to have a bash in aid of the RNL1 at the end of the 1999 sailing season. A dinner dance with auctions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Meet The Team
Meet the team Early on the morning of Monday, 18 September 2006, an unusual meeting took place at St Agnes, Cornwall. Here, the Lifeboat brings you the resulting portrait.
The RNLI lifeboat crew, lifeguards, shorehelpers... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Friends of the RNLI
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Want to know even more about lifeboats, lifeboat history, lifeboat stations and sea rescue? Then look no further than Lifeboats Past & Present, the magazine published three times a year by the Lifeboat...
Category: Articles