LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whatever the weather, day or night, when the distress call comes, RNLI crew members drop everything and race for their lifeboats. Usually, the only full time member of a crew is the mechanic at all-weather stations and most lifeboat men and...

Lady launcher passes away It is with sadness that the Lifeboat reports the passing away of Dungeness ‘lady launcher’ Doris Tart (pictured above, front) on 30 April at Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital, aged 85.

Doris lived...

The Maud Smith Bequest for the outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman in 1977 has been given to Coxswain Thomas Walsh of Kilmore.

On December 24 the lifeboat under his command was capsized twice while investigating...

Humber's Arun class lifeboat lies afloat off the tip of Spurn Point, the most southerly fragment of Yorkshire, where the Number joins the turbulent North Sea.

It is the only station with a full-time crew - the members... - View image in PDF

HANDKERCHIEF SIGNAL At 10.42 a.m. the next day, the Rame Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Plympton police had reported that a boat needing help about a mile off Bovisand was under observation from Breakwater Fort and did...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

Fishermen plucked to safety from vessel in danger of capsize Coxswain John C. Murray of Buckle lifeboat station has been congratulated on the 'leadership, determination and skill' he displayed during a service to the fishing vessel...

Honorary Life Governor1 One new honorary life governor, MR. B. V.

HOWELL, M.B.E., has been appointed in recognition of his services to the Institution.

At the annual general meeting of the Institution on...