LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Coxswain Upperton has twice won the silver medal. The first time was in the war of 1939 to 1945. In the war of 1914 to 1918 he was serving with the Colds,tream Guards in France.. - View image in PDF

The Mayor of Winchester, Councillor D. Ball, being helped into oilskins ready to take his part in the local flag day. Over £1,000 was raised, an all time record for Winchester branch.

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PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the 11th April, signals of distress were observed in the direction, of Seotstonhead, -whereupon the People's Journal No. 1 Life-boat proceeded out, and found the schooner Sunshine, of Wick, stranded on the...

Newspoint Ten years after the capsize of the Salcombe lifeboat the double capsize of Hartlepool's Waveney class lifeboat in February 1993 brings home once again that the sea is a harsh mistress, and that those who venture...

ADvertoriAL Princess Diaries Ken Johnson from Essex won a cruise, sponsored by RNLI corporate partner Travelscope, after recommending a friend to receive the RNLI gift catalogue. He and his partner Vivienne boarded the Princess Danae for 7...

Twenty-nine rescued A MAYDAY RELAY message from the Danish motor vessel Charlottenburg was heard by St Peter Port Signal Station at 1323 on Sunday December 13, 1981.

Charlottenburg was going to the assistance of Bonita, an...

Dover and Hythe, Kent.—29th April.

The steamers Mari, of Tallinn, Esthonia and the Mrav, of Susak, Yugoslavia, came into collision off Folkestone.

The Mrav foundered. Some of her crew were saved by the...

AT the close of the fiscal year (30th June) 1899 the establishment of the Life-Saving Service of the United States embraced 265 stations. Of this number 193 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 56 on the coasts of the Great Lakes,...