LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Appeal success It was a proud moment when Southend Mayor Ken Cater unveiled a commemorative plaque at the town's inshore lifeboat house, next to the pier.

It acknowledged the hard work of Shoreline Club No. 3 in raising...

MY theme is a very old one Yet one that's ever new, 'Tis about those sturdy heroes The gallant life-boat crew.

Each year they add fresh laurels To their glorious scroll of fame; Their daring deeds are known to all...

The full strength of the Atlantic seems now devoted to the destruction of the frail craft yet rocking on the submerged reef at the mouth of the Channel. The waves rush thunderingly to the attack like squadrons of heavy cavalry. They have...

At 3.15 A.M., on the 15th January a message was received from the Kentish Knock Lightvessel reporting a ship ashore on the sands.

A whole S.E. gale was blowing, the sea was very heavy, and the weather bitterly cold. Without...

From THE LIFEBOAT of March 1963 The disaster at Seaham Harbour in which 5 members of the life-boat crew and 4 people who had been taken off a fishing boat by the life-boat all lost their lives, shocked and distressed the nation.

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 Institution has presented its Thanks inscribed on Vellum to be hung on board the steam trawler Cuirass, of Grimsby, an inscribed Binocular Glass to the skipper, Mr. W. Brewster, and a monetary reward to each member of his crew for their...

Updating information on the stateboard. Movements of head office officials, divisional inspectors and other coast staff are kept readily available on pegboard (r.).. - View image in PDF