LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
18-Year-Old Boys In IRB Rescue
A FIRST-CLASS IRB rescue, carried out in near extreme conditions for an IRB, has earned Mr. Idris Evans, aged 23, the helmsman, and crew members Mr.
Trevor Evans and Mr. Peter Evans, both aged 18 of the New Quay,...
Category: Services
The Founding of the Institution. The Report of the First Meeting
THE Institution was founded at a meeting held in the City of London Tavern on 4th March, 1824, with the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Manners Sutton), in the chair. The twelve resolutions which called the Institution into being and laid down...
Category: Meetings
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Iv—Skeleton Hull
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, the work of building up the skeleton hull of the lifeboat (Fig, 1), swiftly sketched out in Part III of this article, has been progressing at William Osbornes with meticulous care. Each of the very many pieces...
Category: Articles
New District Inspectors Appointed
As a consequence of the steady in- crease in the number of services by life- boats and the need to train crews in the use of new types of rescue craft and equipment it has been decided to increase from the 1st July, 1963, the number of the...
Category: Committee
Presentations to honorary workers by the Chairman of the RNLI, Commander F. R. H. Swann, QBE, RNVR (left to Mr David Chapel
Presentations to honorary workers by the Chairman of the RNLI, Commander F. R. H. Swann, QBE, RNVR (left to right): Mr David Chapel (Arhroath), Mrs Graham Doggart (Selsey), Professor William Flexner (RNLI headc/ uarters), Mrs Teresa Smellie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Paperchase
Two saved in harbour drama Faced with the choice of a wait offshore for eight hours in gale force conditions or reaching dry Land quickly by a risky harbour entry, which would you choose? Decision time When a crew of two undertook a maiden...
Safe Landings?
High Summer always draws swimmers to the sea, but only the toughest would brave the weather buffeting Flamborough Head on the afternoon of 22 August 2007. As Elizabeth Paine reports, one such soul tested a new lifeboat and her crew in a race...
Category: Articles
Book Reviews
Among the 455 people aboard the passenger steamer Royal Charter which went aground off the Anglesey coast on 25th October, 1859, were members of the family of R. M. Ballantyne, the famous writer of children's books. Ballantyne was deeply...
Category: Articles
Contents
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI At the Sharp End Lifeboat services around the country Open House A photo report of the RNLI's biennial Headquarters Open Days Pig Farms, Cottages and Parrots Deputy Director Ray...
Category: Contents
Launching and Recovery PART II: BEACH LAUNCH by Edward Wake-Walker RNLI Assistant Public Relations Officer (London)
ON A CLEAR DAY at Walmer the unaccustomed visitor can be forgiven for doubting his own knowledge of geography when he sees the bold outline of France, seemingly only a pebble's throw across the curving surface of the English Channel....
Category: Articles