LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

To Mr. THOMAS BRADLEY, in recognition of his 37 years' distinguished service as Honorary Secretary of the St. Annes-on-Sea Branch, a Silver Inkstand and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum.

To Mr. ROBERT...

The Boulmer life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle being waved away on 1st April, 1968, when she left her station for the last time.. - View image in PDF

UNDER THE NEVER-CEASING INFLUENCE of current and tidal stream, the coastline of our islands quietly moulds its contours to the pattern of the sea. Equally, our seaboard towns and villages reflect in their industries, population and way of...

SPEAKING AT the annual general meeting of the RNLI last April, Major-General Ralph Farrant, Chairman of the Committee of Management, made it quite clear that, whatever economies might be necessary in these days of inflation, the first...

Relief Fleet - Atlantic 75 Susan PeacockWednesday 21 April 1993 saw the naming of the first of a new inshore lifeboat design, the Atlantic 75. Developed from the highly successful Atlantic 21 which has been in operation since 1972, the name...

At sea, things can go very wrong very quickly, as Penarth lifeboat crew found out on 12 June

Kath Fisher couldn’t sleep. Tossing and turning, she thought: ‘Is this an omen that something’s about to happen?’ At 1.15am, her...

THE Institution is very anxious to form or develop Branches in the following places in Ireland and Wales, and would be very grateful to any readers of The Lifeboat who could help it to do this, either personally or by putting it in touch...

When a 180m-long cargo vessel beached on a sandbank on 3 January, some crew members were trapped inside while others prepared to abandon ship. What happened next called on the skill and courage of four lifeboat...