LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Concorde Noses Down the Thames for Its Last Journey
One of the RNLI Thames lifeboats turned out to see Concorde making her final journey during April. It was an unusual event because instead of flying at an altitude of 11 miles, Concorde was 'sailing' along the Thames aboard a barge.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue from a Steamer In Dense Fog
AT 10.8 on the night of the 8th of March, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of the Campbeltown station, Mr. A. P. MacGrory, that the S.S. Gracehill, of Campbeltown, was ashore on Sanda island in thick fog and needed help....
Category: Services
Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
IN the year 1852 this Institution adopted a new description of life-boat: many of the boats which it at that time possessed were worn out, and the result of the-competition for a prize offered in the previous year by His Grace the Duke of...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat at Misaki Life-Saving Station, Japan
(This Station was completely destroyed by the earthquake in September, 1923).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From the Sunday Mirror of 5th November 1972
'But surely you realised it was November the Fifth?'.
Category: Drawings
Two Sponsored Lunch-Hour Knit-Ins By Rnli Headquarters Staff at Poole Raised £44 One Was Held Near the Caravan on the Quay; the Other Due to Rain In the Office
Two sponsored lunch-hour knit-ins by RNLl Headquarters staff at Poole raised £44. One was held near the caravan on the quay; the other, due to rain, in the office. Knitters were sponsored by other members of staff and their families;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Array of Bottles and Other Prizes (Below)
The array of bottles and other prizes (below) proved an irresistible draw to those who bought a ticket in a raffle organised by Shoreline member John Regin of Ottershaw, Surrey. Ever since he joined Shoreline he has been planning a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Alderney's Second Coxswain Martin Harwood Awarded the Bronze Medal
Alderney's Second Coxswain Martin Harwood Awarded The Bronze Medal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lerwick's Present Lifeboat Is the Fast Afloat 52Ft Arun Soldian
Lerwick's present lifeboat is the fast afloat 52ft Arun Soldian.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Kent Meets Torbay Lifeboat Crew Members
The Duke of Kent meets Torbay lifeboat crew members Photo: Al Macphee @ Miracle. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs