LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.

Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...

There was a buzz in the Barbican on 19 May 2005 as RNLI Governors, crew, fundraisers and other supporters gathered for a day of reflection and celebration RNLI core supporters came from all corners of the UK and the Republic of Ireland to...

FOR a rescue from a cabin cruiser, which led to the saving of five lives, including that of an elderly lady who was trapped in a cabin, Mr. Robert Jefford, helmsman, and Mr. Lionel Fisher, crewman, both of Lyme Regis, have been accorded the...

WHO IS GUY MARTIN?
Born in Grimsby, Guy Martin is a mechanic better known for his motorcycle racing and television programmes, including The Boat That Guy Built and Speed with Guy Martin. When he’s not trying to break world speed...

Coxswain John Connell of Amble, Northumberland. He joined the lifeboat crew in April 1953, became bowman in February 1962, second coxswain in February 1967 and coxswain in August 1972.

He was awarded the thanks of the RNLI,... - View image in PDF

Angle, Pembrokeshire.—On the afternoon of the 6th September the coast watcher at St. Ann's Head telephoned that a Royal Air Force flying-boat was making SOS signals. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing, and the weather was thick. The sea...

Stromness, Orkney.—During the night of the 9th—10th December, 1938, the Grimsby steam trawler Rinovia, homeward bound from fishing, and carrying a crew of nineteen, ran aground at Rusk Holm, Isle of Eday. Her signals of distress were seen by...

The Royal National Life-boat Institution agreed to a request made at the rnternationaf Life-boat Conference that it she act as a distributing centre for information which may be of general interest to all life-boat societies. The Institution...