LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

It is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: June, 1984 Robert John Gammon, motor mechanic of The Mumbles lifeboat from 1947 to 1971 after serving for three months as assistant motor mechanic. Mr Gammon was awarded the Royal...

COVER PICTURE courtesy of The Scottish Daily Record Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother pictured after officially naming Thurso's new Arun class lifeboat The Queen Mother on 9 August 1989.

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C class inflatable lands 112 passengers St Ives - South West Division The St Ives C class inflatable lifeboat can lay claim to some sort of a record after she ferried no less than 112 people ashore from local pleasure boats in a single...

Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1942 During the year life-boats were launched 443 times. Of these launches 244 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the...

Building tomorrow's supportersThe RNLI is expanding its youth education programme with the appointment of regional education officers for all of its 10 regions. Their task will be to motivate a new generation of potential lifesavers and...

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The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...