LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Man overboard DUNGENESS lifeboat's Emergency Mechanic David Tart was fishing at sea on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 when he observed that a crew member had fallen overboard from the fishing vessel Storm Boy, and that the boat's...

CALLERS TO THE CENTRAL OPERATIONS/ INFORMATION ROOM on the fourth floor of the RNLFs headquarters are frequent. During a typical morning, the chief of operations may wish to be given particulars of recent lifeboat passages, the trials...

Silver medals for outstanding gallantry were presented to three Hfeboatmen at the annual presentation of awards on May 22: to (/.) Coxswain Kenneth Voice, Shoreham Harbour, for the service to the Greek cargo vessel Athina B on January 21,... - View image in PDF

As described on page 126, the Goodwin Sands seldom spare vessels that run aground. But occasionally they are lucky. At 3.36 p.m. on 30th March, 1971, the Walmer honorary secretary picked up a message reporting that the tanker Panther of...

Romantic fiction often portrays Victorian women as weak, passive creatures, but the list of RNLI Gallantry Medal awardees shows another side. Nineteen women have been awarded Medals for Gallantry in the RNLi's history.

So far 353 Branches have sent in the results of their flag days for this year.

In the whole of last year 771 days were held. These 353 days have raised £52,726.

That is £13,867 more than the same...

The launches listed here are those for which returns had been received at RNLI Headquarters and processed by 25 July 2017

Behind every launch, new lifeboat and naming ceremony listed in this section is a community of...

Nov. 26TH. - LERWICK, AND AITH, SHETLANDS. At 2.45 A . M . a message was received at Lerwick from the coastguard that the Swedish steamer Gustaf E. Ruter, of Gotenburg, was under observation fourteen miles W.N.W. of Fair Island. A whole gale...