LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Manx Tale
The Isle of Man and will always be synonymous with the RNLI, for it was here in Douglas Bay during the early part of the last century that Sir William Hillary, the founder of the RNLI, witnessed at first hand, the plight of seafaring...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
North Sunderland Mersey class Grace Darling Despite forecasts of heavy rain, the morning of Tuesday 24 September dawned bright.
However, there was also a Force 8/9 gale which caused the naming ceremony site at North...
Category: Inaugurations
Our Inland Branches
THE question may be asked, what hare the com- munities living incur large commercial centres, and the large inland towns of the United King- dom, in common with the work of the life-saving apparatus on the sea coast ? Why should they be...
Category: Branches
The Surf Life Saving Story
An everyday scene which even the complacent Australian cannot take for granted is the surf boat crews battling their way through the wildest surf. They make an unforgettable sight on the shoreward run with the five-man crew crowded at the...
Category: Articles
On Exercise By Andrew Gould Assistant Public Relations Officer RNLI
IT is THE PRACTICE in the lifeboat service for the divisional inspector of lifeboats to make a formal visit to each of the offshore lifeboat stations in his division once every six months (every three months for ILBs) for the purpose of...
Category: Articles
Letters
Beach bother In August, when my granddaughter Victoria was on holiday in Dorset, she went with her mum and brother to a beach at Sandbanks, where she recognised some of the members of the lifeguard team from the photo in theLifeboat article...
Category: Correspondence
Annual Meeting
THE Hundred and Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Governors of the Institu- tion was held at the Caxton Hall, West- minster, on Monday, 7th April, at 3 p.m.
The feature of the meeting was the presence of Coxswains from...
Category: Meetings
Annual Report
At the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 17th day of March, 1863, The Eight Honourable LORD LOVAINE, M.P., P.O., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Feature: the RNLI Thanks You
The Christmas break may already seem like a distant memory but readers will know that, while they were tucking into their turkey, many volunteer Lifeboat crews had given up the comfort and safety of home to save the Lives of others in coLd...
Category: Articles
County Associations
As already mentioned, one of the chief features of this Journal will be to bring into prominent notice the several County Asso- ciations and Local Committees that have long existed around our coasts, and to urge on the well-wishers to the...
Category: Articles