Lifeboat Press Officer,
Douglas Lifeboat Station
How did you first get involved with the RNLI?
I’m a hobby wildlife photographer, and my son was on the crew as deputy second coxswain. The press officer left...
Category: Articles
Hazardous rescue on single engineThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to the Newhaven lifeboat station congratulating Second Coxswain Paddy Boyle for his skilful boathandling when he rescued a person from the water on 29 October...
Insignia You may not be aware of the various insignia available exclusively to you. The picture (r) will show you what you may be missing: a hoist flag . . . a Shoreline tie ... a marcasite brooch . . . a sweat shirt? Not in the picture is...
Category: Articles
MARCH 15TH. - CROMER, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. On the night of the 14th March and in the morning of the 15th, a convoy was attacked by enemy E-boats.
The E-boats in turn were attacked by destroyers and by H.M.S. Vortigern,...
Harvesting the fruit of the sea has been a way of life since the first hunter–gatherers left their footprints in the muds of time – and it’s close to the heart of the RNLI too
The earliest of...
Category: Articles
A new tvpe of lifeboat, known as the Oakley tvpe, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.
She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...
Category: Obituaries
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
ON TRIAL - FAST AFLOAT BOAT PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE WATER The RNLI must always have an eye of sea rescue many years ahead. 0 latest design of Fast Afloat Boat (R is designed to achieve even highi retaining - and even imprc standards of I...
Category: Articles
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
Category: Poetry
Annual Meetings: Financial Branches and Guilds.
CHELTENHAM.—On 18th July, Mrs.
Richard Davies, Chairman, presiding.
The report for the year ending 30th September, 1926, showed that...
Category: Branches