LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

in the autumn 2004 issue of the Lifeboat, we reported on the opening of The Lifeboat College in Pooie, Dorset. We described some of the facilities and equipment available on this unique site and talked to some of those who are to benefit...

Mr Alastair Barrow, chairman of the Reading RNLI young enthusiasts, writes that they are all about 15 years old and for the last two years have been trying to raise the £1,000 needed to buy a 15-foot ILB. In this connection a sponsored...

" As your chairman to-day it is my duty to move the first resolution, which is ' That the report now read be adopted, printed and circulated.' The last occasion on which I had the satisfaction of presiding at the Annual...

OCTOBER 1ST. - PETERHEAD, AHERDEENSHIRE.

A fishing boat had been reported overdue, but it was found that she had put into Aberdeen. - Rewards, £13 3s. 6d..

INDIAN SEAMAN At 12.45 a-m- on ist November, 1964, the honorary secretary heard that an Indian seaman on board a vessel anchored near the Bar lightvessel was in urgent need of medical treatment. There was a smooth sea with very little wind...

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 6.39 p.m. on ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser had stopped six miles south of the harbour and might have broken down. There was a west-south-westerly wind of near gale force, a...

When a 6-year-old girl died of polio after swimming at a sewage-contaminated beach, her grieving parents sparked a campaign that would leave a lasting public legacy

Caroline Wakefield died...

The Royal Bank of~ r"J J ifeboats *? H Royal National Lifeboat The benefits: A chance to promote and support Lifeboats £5 donation when your card is approved Every time you use your card, an extra contribution . , is made 2%...