LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 2.52 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a local fishing boat was flying a distress signal about two miles south-east of the harbour. The life-boat Greater London (Civil Service...

At the end of each month the Institution brings out a leaflet with the figures of launches and lives rescued up to date, Copies of .this leaflet will be sent to any honorary secretaries who would like to have them for distribution..

THIS is the story of a cruise among the islands of the West Coast of Sweden in August, 1950, by the ex Royal National life-boat Henry Frederick Swan, and her crew of Sea Scouts.

Henry Frederick Sivan, which is a 40 foot...

IN an article dealing with the Board of Trade returns of the shipping disasters during the year ended 30th June, 1903, a newspaper, whilst showing much appreciation of the work done by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU- TION, and in a...

A 97-year-old man from Bournemouth is believed to have become the UK’s oldest skydiver after jumping out of a plane at 3,000m for the RNLI.

George Moyse jumped, in a tandem dive with an instructor, on 4 April. His grandson...

RCC Press announce the publication of ROVING COMMISSIONS 14 This anthology of cruising logs by members of the Royal Cruising Club—published in a limited edition—is available to subscribers, post free, making use of the order form below Order...

MARCH 7TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 P.M.

a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the South Knoll Light-vessel had reported a ship on fire two miles N.E.

of the...

Above: Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the launch of the Thames initiative in January.. - View image in PDF