LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Escort for Lobster Boat A LOBSTER FISHING VESSEL, AmiddS of Castleton, was known to be fishing west of Islay, Hebrides, with a crew of two on Thursday, September 27, 1973.

When, at 5.20 p.m., with the westerly wind at storm...

THE PERFECT SUNNY AFTERNOON of Tu6Sday April 27 seemed to take on extra brightness when Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at the Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, to name the relief 52ft Arun lifeboat Duchess of Kent....

An attractive girl dressed in a Nell Gwynn costume has been seen selling oranges on behalf of the Institution at a number of towns in the south and south-west of England where life-boats are stationed. She is Miss Sue Peters, and the oranges...

The portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Richard Lisle of Sunderland.

He has been coxswain of the Sunder- land life-boat since July 1949. For nearly three years before that he was second coxswain. Since his • appoint- ...

Starting them young! Joseph Stravrinidis, aged six, of Southport has been doing sterling work for the RNLI. During the September meeting of the Southport branch, he presented the treasurer with money raised by selling drawings and cards,... - View image in PDF

The year was notable also for the large number of lives rescued from foreign vessels. In the midst of war the life-boat service has never forgotten its undertaking to rescue all in peril at sea, whatever their nationality. There were...

"Extra cash has changed our lives Like so many other retired couples, Graham Southworth and his wife Marjorie of Blackpool have realised that they can afford a few luxuries in retirement - by making use of their biggest asset: their...