LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Marathon lifeboatman Congratulations to Mark Petty- Mayor, crew member of the Southend- on-Sea inshore lifeboat, for taking part in the 1996 London Marathon to raise money for the RNLI.

This was Mark's first marathon,... - View image in PDF

Relief - Atlantic 75 Rotaract I On a bright November Saturday afternoon nearly 80 Rotaractors with a sprinkling of Rotarians gathered at the Poole Depot Quay for the naming ceremony of a new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B718.

It...

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: April 17 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic2l: April 19 (twice), 20 and May 17 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic21: April 19, May 20 and 24 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: April 26 and May 30 Aith, Shetland 52ft...

JANUARY 27TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

A heavy west-by-north wind rose, with a rough sea, while two motor fishing cobles.

Joan and Mary and Jean and Barbara were at sea, and it was decided to send out the motor...

Plymouth.

ON the 3rd October the Plymouth Lifeboat was launched shortly before 10 P.M., in a strong southerly gale, with heavy rain and a very heavy sea, to the help of a vessel which had been driven ashore on the eastern...

Run for his money Clive Morris, Port Talbot crew member pictured wearing an RNLI tee-shirt, ran from the RNLI regional office in Cardiff to the lifeboat station at Port Talbot raising £1,250. He was waved off by office staff Vicky,... - View image in PDF

Lifeboats stationed round the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland WATSON AND BARNETT, Oakley, Waveney, Thames, Arun or Clyde . . . names which conjure up the lifeboats of the RNLI's offshore fleet, each with her own characteristics, her...

To WILLIAM TOMS, on his retirement, on the closing of the Station, after serving 11J years as Coxswain, and previously 6J years as Second Coxswain of the Looe Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a...