LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The three medallists in London for their awards, photographed on the South Bank.

They are (I to r) Helmsman Alan Clarke of Hunstanton, bronze medal. Coxswain/ Mechanic Ron Cannon of Ramsgate, silver medal and Second... - View image in PDF

Appledore, June 21, 1986: Mrs Trevor Thomas demonstrates the only way to christen an Atlantic 21. In this case it was Manchester and District No XXXII, funded by an appeal inspired by a former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Mr Trevor Thomas. The... - View image in PDF

JULY 27TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.

The fishing boat May Lily was overdue No news about her could be obtained and at three in the afternoon a request was made for aeroplanes to search.

They returned...

Broken rudder THE YACHT Concerto, in difficulties ten miles north of Round Island, was reported to the honorary secretary of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, lifeboat station by Falmouth Coastguard at 1618 on Tuesday June 22, 1982. Maroons...

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Scottish Lifeboat Council was held in The Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh, on May 23 this year. Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council, was in the chair at the...

The RNLI's history is full of dramatic twists and turns – and Alan Tyson's mission to weave them into a play is an interesting yarn in itself

‘Now hear ye all of this, good men of Bamburgh,’ shouted the cloaked man...

End of an era: on the retirement of Coxswain David Cox of Wells I above) til the end of August, the station was without / member of the Cox family fur the first time in three generations. David Cox was a member of the crew for 43 vears and... - View image in PDF

SINCE the end of the war in 1945 the number of calls for life-boat assistance emanating from yachtsmen—a term used as conveniently indicating people who go to sea for pleasure rather than profit—has steadily increased. Life-boat calls to...