Members will be receiving your copy soon and we’re pleased to announce the publication of our LIFEBOAT ENTHUSIASTS’ SOCIETY HANDBOOK 2022. Do you want to know what the lifeboat numbers relate to and the status of the current RNLI Lifeboat fleet and retired lifeboats back to the late C19th? Purchase this bumper 132-page handbook and you can quickly find details of each … [Read More...] about Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2022 is now published
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Does your organisation hold any Lifeboat / RNLI-related material?
Our very good friends and colleagues at RNLI Heritage in Poole are updating their list of lifeboat and RNLI material held by organisations outside its own (i.e. not … [Read More...] about Does your organisation hold any Lifeboat / RNLI-related material?
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Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2022 is now published
Members will be receiving your copy soon and we’re pleased to announce the publication of our LIFEBOAT ENTHUSIASTS’ SOCIETY HANDBOOK 2022. Do you want to know what … [Read More...] about Lifeboat Enthusiasts Handbook 2022 is now published
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Subscription Renewals
Members are reminded that the subscription rate with effect from 1 January 2020 will be £22 (£30 overseas) per annum. The following actions are required dependent upon your method of payment. Payment by Direct Debit You need … [Read More...] about Subscription Renewals
The Early Development of Maritime Rescue in the United Kingdom: The Story of the Tyne Lifeboat Institution and Volunteer Life Brigades by Steve Landells
The communities of South Shields, North Shields and Tynemouth, at the mouth of the River Tyne on the north east coast of England, hold a unique position in the establishment and development of maritime rescue. In South Shields the … [Read More...] about The Early Development of Maritime Rescue in the United Kingdom: The Story of the Tyne Lifeboat Institution and Volunteer Life Brigades by Steve Landells
Bigland (Preparations) Ltd., and the development of RNLI launching tractors
Nowadays better known as CEL (Claytons Engineering Ltd.), the company that produces nearly 50% of the launch and recovery equipment for the RNLI, was originally founded in 1973 by Mike Bigland as Bigland (Preparations)Ltd., a … [Read More...] about Bigland (Preparations) Ltd., and the development of RNLI launching tractors