LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremonies
Thurso- Arun class The Queen Mother On Wednesday 9 August Thurso's new Arun class lifeboat The Queen Mother was overshadowed by the presence at Scrabster Harbour of her namesake, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who had so...
Category: Inaugurations
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended 30th June, 1909
THE machinery of modern civilization is so complicated, and moves, withal, so smoothly and silently, that the majority of people never give a thought to its intricacies, or to the constant effort and strain which the smooth working...
Category: Articles
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1937.
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67 4 0 m mi—mmm — mmm- —i —*—— — Construction, Repairs, Upkeep and Inspection of Life-...
Category: Accounts
The Naming of Relief Lifeboat Volunteer Spirit
The naming of relief lifeboat Volunteer Spirit at RNLI Poole Depot on 8 May. There are currently 113 lifeboats in the RNLI's relief fleet, all of which are constantly active and can be called into service at any time to replace other... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Danish Gas Tanker Inga Tholstrup (1)
Gas tanker aground A DANISH GAS TANKER, Inga Tholstrup, ran aground on Craig Waugh, two miles south east of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth, early in the morning of Monday November 10, 1986. Forth Coastguard alerted Dunbar lifeboat station,...
The Gear a Life-Boat Carries
Assistant Chief Inspector of Life-boats A MODERN life-boat may cost as much as £36,500. The great bulk of the cost is, of course, that of the hull and machinery, but a modern life-boat also carries a variety of stores and equip- ment....
Category: Articles
The Duke of Kent's Presidential Address
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 145 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 17 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 15th June, 1939 66,237 The Duke of Kent's Presidential Address A Record Year.<...
Category: Meetings
The RNLI and me: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The father, chef, broadcaster, writer and campaigner on his marine passions
A lot of your work seems to be intertwined with the sea – why is that?
I’ve...
Category: Articles
The Value of Life-Belts on Shipboard
IN an account of the loss of the ship St. Abbs, on the coast of Madagascar, on the 15th of June, 1855, when 22 persons un- fortunately perished, it is recorded that " a seaman saved himself by tying an empty tin oil-can to his back,...
Category: Articles
The Naming Ceremony of the Arun Class Duke Ofathollal Dundee on 12 May
The naming ceremony of the Arun class Duke ofAthollal Dundee on 12 May was memorable in many ways. Named in honour of The Duke of Atholl who had been the Institution's chairman for a decade up to 1989 she is also the last Arun class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs