LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Heroism and tragedy as ship goes ashore in 50ft breakerswith a 3,000-ton cargo vessel just yards off a rockstrewn coastline, and being driven inexorably ashore by breaking seas almost 50ft high, the crew of the Lerwick lifeboat had just one...

FEBRUARY 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

The Dutch tanker Liseta had been torpedoed, but the survivors of her crew were picked up by an escort vessel. A boat from the American steamer Ranci Vigo was found broken down, and was towed...

To DAVID ANDERSON, on his retirement, after serving 8J years as Bowman and 23 years as Coxswain at Montrose, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.

To THOMAS LEADBETTER, on his retirement, after serving 14 years as Bowman...

Dungeness, Kent.—At 7.25 A.M. on the 8th May news was received from the coastguard that an S O S

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 10.53 A.M. on the 20th November, 1938, several small motor boats with angling parties were out to the north of the harbour. The S. by W. wind was increasing and the sea was getting...

Wandering minstrels Ruth Cawsey and Carolyn Doorbar, clarinetist and flautist respectively, spent their days before Christmas raising £600 for the RNLI. They moved from pub to pub playing Christinas music to delighted customers. Both... - View image in PDF

The truck's four-tonne crane makes the task of loading and unloading inshore lifeboats and other heavy equipment a one-man-job.. - View image in PDF

THE following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them, by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance...