LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AS THE CLIMAX of 'The Year of the Lifeboat', the RNLI will be playing a prominent part in the 1975 International Boat Show at Earls Court from January 1 to 11. The very first thing visitors approaching the exhibition from Warwick...

FOR a difficult operation which involved taking an injured lighthouse keeper, who weighed 21 stone, off the Beachy Head lighthouse Coxswain Bassett, of Eastbourne, has been accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum.

FOUR minutes after midnight on I3th December, 1963, the coxswain of the Caister life-boat, J. R. Plummer, learnt from the Gorleston coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in trouble two miles from the North Denes look- out. Coxswain Plummer...

Fishing boats wrecked TWO GERMAN STUDENTS, walking on the cliffs near Breil Nook on Flamborough Head on the morning of Monday, May7, 1984, smelt diesel oil and, looking into the water, saw what appeared to be the overturned hull of a...

While Fred Williams (I.), appeals office supervisor, spins the drum, Tom O'Connor (centre) draws the winning tickets in the RNLl's second lottery at Poole HQ on March 31. With them are Joyce Pearce, who organises the lottery at HQ,... - View image in PDF

Fireman Sam deciphers the name on a winning ticket from the draw while Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, prepares the drum for another spin.. - View image in PDF

The Maud Smith Bequest Award for the outstanding act of lifesaving during 1983 has been made to Crew Member Arthur Hill of Largs, who was awarded the silver medal for the rescue on July 24 of a young girl trapped in a small airpocket under...

Whitby lifeboat on the way to Robin Hood's Bay, January 19, 1881.

picture by courtesy of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.