LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Guernsey's Big Day
The new 52-foot life-boat Arun sailing into St. Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey, on 15th October, 1972, for the dedication ceremony and (below) Mr. William T. Bishop, C.B.E., a member of the R.N.L.I. Committee of Management, addressing the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Buttons After All!
IN the report of Life-boat Day in Greater London, in the last issue of The Lifeboat, it was stated that for the first time no buttons had been found in the collecting boxes. But buttons were, after all, given for the help of the Service—but...
Category: Articles
All hands on deck!
You don’t have to get wet to help save lives at sea.
We need more volunteers to help us raise funds, raise awareness and reduce tragedies. If you can give some time to the RNLI, please get in touch. It doesn’t...
Category: Articles
Claudia, Fernland and Lady Adeline
The Coxswain of the Life-boat Queensbury when returning from the fishing-ground at 8 A.M. on the 1st June, experienced very great difficulty in making the harbour and incurred considerable risk in the prevailing E.S.E. gale. He therefore...
The Wreckage Next Day
(From the painting by John Taylor Allerston, an eye-witness.).
Category: Drawings
Dungeness Open Day
Dungeness open day, on Sunday July 29, included the blessing of the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Alice Upjohn by the Right Reverend Peter Chidgey of Lydd. More than 2,000 people visited the station during the day and just over £2,000 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Memorable Day for Newhaven
The fine traditions of Newhaven lifeboat crews were remembered when the station's new Severn class lifeboat was named after the RNLI Chairman and his wife during a moving ceremony on 6 May.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs