LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Alarms and double glazing are not sufficient to deter burglars Safeguard your home and your office SLIDING INTERIOR WINDOW PROTECTION Wow you can sleep with your windows open without fear of intruders It is now widely accepted by the police...

AT the dispersion of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, it had been predicted by Moses that Zebulon would dwell upon the coast, and suck of the abundance of the seas. Thus the tribe of Zebulon became a purely mercantile and...

New Tyne keeps disabled tug off Devon rocks Salcombe - South West Division The qualities of Salcombe's new Tyne class lifeboat Baltic Exchange II were put to the test on 21 October 1988 in a service which led to the coxswain, Frank Smith...

MEN DIVED FOR BOY AT about 7.30 p.m. on 14th March, 1971, Mr.

John Hodder, a member of the Lyme Regis, Dorset, ILB crew, was working on the Cobb when he heard cries for help. As the ILB was off service for the winter months...

Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present

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Beaumaris RNLI hears bells
When Beaumaris lifeboat volunteers heard bells at the wedding of Crew Member...

WHITBY No. 1 AND UPGANG, YORK- SHIRE.—The Life-boats at these Stations •which had done duty for many years have been replaced by new boats of the modern self-righting type. The Whitby No. 1 boat is named Robert and Mary Ellis, as was her...

Thankfully, lifeboat disasters are rare. Lifeboats are designed to withstand the very worst conditions and on occasions in recent years many crews have had cause to be grateful to the self-righting capability of modern lifeboats. The sea is...

When the Swiss cargo ship Nyon (5,000) tons ran aground near St. Abbs in November, 1958, the local life-boat provided the longest service by one of the Institution's life-boats - 11 days and nights.. - View image in PDF