LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Great' Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, and Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—About 6.30 in the evening, on the 7th of June, 1950, an American Superfortress aeroplane crashed eight miles north-north-east of Smith's...

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Jump from pier SOUTHEND STATION MECHANIC, Robert Chalk, was walking with two friends, Frederick Robinson (ILB crew) and Bernard Barton, near the lifeboathouse on Southend Pier at 0900 on Monday, November 25, 1974, when, looking into the sea...

IT is JUST A YEAR since I took over as membership secretary, and what an eventful year it has been. Apart from the pleasure of making many new friends among our members, it has been most encouraging to receive your numerous letters bringing...

A brand new, state-of-the-art lifeboat arrived at Appledore station at the end of March but she was saving lives weeks before while on trials off the south Devon coast.

During sea trials, in force 6–7 winds, a mayday call...

A cheque, large in both size and amount, was handed over to the Duke of Atholl (centre), Chairman of the RNLI. The cheque, for £173,245.86 was for the total amount raised by The Mumbles lifeboat appeal. Seen with His Grace are (I to r)... - View image in PDF

Sick man taken off in gale AN IRISH CONTAINER SHIP, Bell Rover, contacted Dover coastguard on the evening of Tuesday November 20,1984, seeking medical advice about one of her crew members who was sick. After consultation with a doctor, the...

Singularly enough, the services of the Life-boat were again called into requisition, after an interval of three days had elapsed, making the third time she had been actively engaged in the course of a week.

A small open,...