LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: June Mr J. A. Clugston, who joined Port St Mary branch in 1958 and became chairman in 1966, retiring from this office due to ill health in 1970, when he became a...

Awards to coxswains, crew members and shore helpers The following people were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 2000.

* denotes coxswain Names in italic have served at least 30 years Names in blue have...

A CONCERT, largely arranged and carried out by the Crew of the Motor Life-boat, was held at Hythe, Kent, on 29th and 30th January last. The notices warned purchasers of tickets that if a call for the Life-boat came, the concert would be...

Fire at sea A TRAWLER on fire, not under control, but under way about four miles north east of Aberdeen: that was the message received from HM Coastguard at 2055 on Saturday, April 13, by the honorary secretary, Aberdeen. The crew were...

IN a dock of the Exhibition grounds at the Fisheries Exhibition at Bergen—it is held in the Nygaard Park, which runs down to a river—there are four Life- boats. They are not to be known for Life-boats at a glance, being shaped and rigged in...

Your guide to what's been going on in the world of the RNLI

2017 AT A GLANCE

32,116
people aided

3.32M

preventative

Three saved during Southland's worst weather in a decade and a half \ Southend lifeboat Helmsman John Foster has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery with Crew Members Michael Whistler and Ian Rees receiving the Thanks on...

A telephone message was received from Bacton reporting a barque -with signals of distress flying, on the 27th March. A whole gale was blowing from N.E. by E., the sea was very heavy and the •weather very cold, with squalls of hail. The crew...