LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Two lifeboats in night search for disabled yacht in heavy seas The Institution's chief of operations has written to Stephen Vince, the Coxswain/Mechanic of Poole lifeboat, to congratulate him on his leadership and boat handling skill...

(Above) Arun 52-02, the last wooden lifeboat to be sold by the RNLI sits in the Poole Depot in the grey livery applied to all boats before they are sold.

/Inset) Depot Manager Liam McKenna looks after ex-lifeboat sales..<... - View image in PDF

JANUARY 21ST. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.

Explosions had been heard, but nothing could be found. The life-boat’s engine broke down, but she carried on under sail until taken in tow by a pilot cutter. - Rewards, £6 7s. 6d....

Outbreak of fires At 4.30am on 4 January 2006, the B class Atlantic 21 Falmouth Round Table launched to a 6.7m yacht on fire on the Penryn River, Cornwall. The skipper had been asleep when the fire started but managed to escape through the...

COXSWAIN HENRY BROWN and crew of the Walmer life-boat have been awarded a framed letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, C.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., for rescuing three people from a yacht which had...

East Division Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going...

When Islay lifeboat crew launched to a yachtsman in treacherous seas and force 11 winds, they couldn’t have known that their courage would result in a life saved that night – or a Medal for Gallantry

‘ My adrenaline...

Hastings’ relief Mersey class lifeboat Royal Shipwright was called out on two medevacs in the same week.

On 12 March, the lifeboat crew brought a fisherman safely ashore, having stabilised his injured ankle. This was the...