LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FULL many a tongue and full many a pen Has told of the praise of the Life-boat men.

Their daring deeds are their country's boast, From the Shetland Isles to the Cornish coast; From treacherous quicksand and sunken rock...

Coxswain Jesse L. Salmon, who died on 13th January, 1938, at the age of eighty-four, had a distinguished career. He was bowman of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat for just over a year, second coxswain for over fifteen years, and coxswain for...

Lottery Draw The winning tickets for the 63rd national lottery were drawn at RNLI headquarters on Sunday 31 October 1993 by Peter Jones, chairman of the Civil Service Motoring Association and Colin Frizzell, chairman of Frizzell Financial...

Guides for lifeboat enthusiasts For those who are fascinated by the history of an individual station, who want to trace a relief lifeboat through its travels from station to station, or who just want to check their facts and figures, these...

IT is now thirteen years ago that the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, called previously to that time the " NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK," seriously undertook and commenced the national work of...

Lifeboat crew member in sea as fishing vessel sinks suddenly Frank Home, a crew member aboard Peel's Mersey class lifeboat Ruby Clcry, has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum following a service to a sinking fishing...

LOUGH SWILLY | 8 SEPTEMBER
Lough Swilly lifeboat crew rescued six fishermen and their sinking boat off the Donegal coast. The inshore and all-weather lifeboats launched at 3.15am. They found all six...

Mr. H. C. WHITEHEAD, has been appointed an Honorary Life Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable services he has rendered as Honorary Secretary of the Appledore Life-boat Station for 28 years; and has been presented with a...