LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Advanced search

Filter by

You can search by year, volume, issue and/or content type.
Year:
Add a to date (optional)
Volume:
Add a to volume (optional)
Issue:
Add a to issue (optional)
Type of content:
You can search by vessel, date and/or lifeboat station.
Service date:
Add a to date (optional)
Clear all filters
45923 search results for 'The Deadly Oil Slick - An Aerial View of the Tanker Torrey Canyon'
List view Card view

Bronze Medal for Volunteer of 69.

Date: March 1943

Volume: War Years

Issue: War Bulletin 11

The Institution has awarded its bronze medal to Captain James Winter, harbour master of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, who 'is 69 years old, for his gallantry in taking command of the life-boat, when the coxswain was ill, and rescuing the...

Category: Articles

The Motor Fishing Vessels Elegant and Iris

Date: March 1960

Volume: 35

Issue: 391

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.56 on the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Elegant was standing by the motor fishing vessel Iris of Buckle, which was leaking...

Pollyanna

Date: Winter 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 539

Five saved as stranded yacht sinks on rising tide Both of Harwich's lifeboats were involved in a service to the yacht Pollyanna last August when she grounded on the Cork Sands and eventually rolled over while a lifeboat crew member, a...

Two More on the Thames

Date: Summer 2004

Volume: 59

Issue: 569

Two More On The Thames. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Hands-on history of lifesaving

Date: Spring 2012

Volume: 61

Issue: 599 Lifeboat Magazine Spring 2012

A 2-year interactive exhibition on search and rescue has opened at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth.

We’ve loaned the museum a B class lifeboat, a lifeguard all-terrain vehicle and a range of collection...

Category: Articles

Lifeboat Classified

Date: Autumn 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 502

LIFEBOAT CLASSIFIED MADE TO MEASURE X X HAND CUT SHIRTS and BLOUSES From quality fabrics: Sea Island cottons, silks, polycottons, wool/cotton mixtures, cotton oxfords, Viyella, etc.

Patterns and details from A. GARSTANG&...

Category: Advertisement

RNLI Director Receives Cbe

Date: Spring 1994

Volume: 53

Issue: 528

As reported in the Spring issue of The Lifeboat the RNLI's Director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles, was awarded the CBE in the New Years Honours List.

Lt Cdr Miles is pictured at Buckingham Palace with his award accompanied by Mrs... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Portrait of a Coxswain

Date: March 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 415

COXSWAIN ROBERT BUCHAN of the Humber is the superintendent coxswain of the only full-time life-boat crew in Britain or Ireland. He was appointed coxswain in 1959 having served for seven years as a member of the crew. During six of those...

Category: Articles

On Saturday July 2 Port St.Mary Lifeboat the 54' Arun the Cough Ritchie Went to the Help of a Small Boat Reported Drifting With a Fouled Propeller on to the Rocks Belo

Date: Autumn 1977

Volume: 45

Issue: 462

On Saturday, July 2 Port St Mary lifeboat, the 54' Arun The Cough Ritchie, went to the help of a small boat reported drifting with a fouled propeller on to the rocks below Ronaldsway Flying Club, about eight miles north east of the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Showing the Flag:

Date: Winter 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 499

Showing the flag: after swimming 100 lengths of his local swimming bath in Ihr 37mins Ken Wielding of the Urmston branch raised £921.60 in sponsorship. Ken approached local firms and friends for support of this effort which is only the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs