LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—One of the last Life-boat Services of the past year (1884) was that performed by The Honourable Artillery Company boat, which had only been stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION at Walton-on-the-Naze about two...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

North Sunderland, Northumberland.

At 9.30 on the evening of the 7th of August 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had a yacht under observation. Seventeen minutes later they asked for the...

MARCH 12TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British aeroplane had crashed in Galway Bay, and the five members of her crew had baled out.

Two of them were found, but the others seemed to have been blown far out to sea, and the motor...

A YEAR ago the Institution had a sound film made which showed the building of a motor life-boat, from the felling of teak and mahogany logs in Burma and Honduras up to the arrival of the completed boat at her...

Birkbeck Birthday Readers might be interested to hear that the lifeboat Edward Birkbeck, shown above on Deganwy beach, is rapidly approaching her 100th birthday and still in regular use.

The hull is an improved Norfolk and...

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Volunteers, their family and friends came together for a special awards ceremony in June, which recognised the bravery and years of service they have given to the RNLI community. Crews from Girvan and Troon (pictured below) were met with a...