LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

For 190 years the RNLI has faced the challenge of being ready for anything – whether it’s one person who needs our help, 30, or even 85 – as you will read in this magazine’s remarkable rescue stories.

To be ready for...

Crew members at eight lifeboat stations are getting new lifesaving kit thanks to RNLI supporters who took part in the Vote that Counts. Organised by the People’s Postcode Lottery charity, the competition gave supporters a chance to cast...

The weather was especially unforgiving back in the Winter, whether it caused inland flooding or offshore accidents. As you’ll read in our rescue pages, it led to challenging times for our Flood Rescue Team and lifeboat...

Not a dry eye in the boathouse

Lifeboats mean a lot to our volunteers. In this issue we join the emotional Wicklow crew, saying farewell to the last Tyne class lifeboat in the fleet (page 18). It’s time for the much-loved...

We take pride in the fact that we supply COMPASSES AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT TO THE R.N.LI.

FULL RANGE ON DISPLAY IN OUR LONDON SHOWROOM Write for illustrated catalogue of compasses Henry Browne&Son Limited Compass...

Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF

LIFeBoAt LotteRY Lifeboat Lottery Take your chance First prize in the winter 007 Lifeboat Lottery is a Kia Picanto. Second prize is a 10-day Alpine train holiday very kindly provided at short notice by Great Rail Journeys (see their advert...

THE 150th anniversary of the founding of the Penzance and Penlee station was celebrated by a dinner held at the Queen's Hotel, Penzance on the 12th of March, 1954. The vellum com- memorating the 150 years service of the station was...