LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Humane Society awards for crew members Hunstanton - East Division Two members of Hunstanton's lifeboat crew have received Royal Humane Society awards for rescuing a windsurfer - with the station's launching tractor.

Took line to survivor MR DOUGLAS GiBBiN of the Hartlepool Co. Durham, inshore lifeboat, as reported on page 16, was awarded the bronze medal of the RNLI for the part he played in saving the life of a 16-year-oldboy from...

Offshore is a new grade of RNLI membership, intended especially for those who use the sea - rates and details are on the following page.

Offshore members receive various benefits - including discounts on marine...

THE Danish Government have awarded to Coxswain Richard Payne, of New- haven, Sussex, an inscribed Gold Watch, and to each member of the Newhaven Crew an inscribed Silver Cup, in recognition of their gallantry in rescuing the crew of the...

Seven Dorset lifeboatmen, from Poole, Swanage and We y mouth, attended the annual national service for seafarers in St Paul's Cathedral on October 24, when, for the first time, the RNLI flag was carried up the aisle; the flag was carried...

North-West of England.

A CONFERENCE of Life-boat workers was held at Southport on the 10th April.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Southport (Councillor and Mrs. John Brook) welcomed the delegates, and the chair...

Experience and compassion combined when three volunteers faced the toughest test

The call came at 8.19am on Easter Sunday 2012. All that Damien Bolton, Nicola Bradbury and Matthew Main knew was...

THE VARIETY OF SERVICES which modern lifeboat crews may be called upon to perform were clearly illustrated by awards made during the period under review in this number of THE LIFEBOAT.

On one occasion the West Mersea...