LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Every year our lifeboat crews and lifeguards rescue hundreds of children. But it’s much more fun helping them stay out of trouble in the first place

Walter Lee is a volunteer education presenter in Glasgow. ‘Some of the...

Newhaven: The Greek MV Georgios of Pireaus sent out a 'mayday' signal on the morning of Thursday January 13 reporting a severe list; she was about 14 miles south of Beachy Head. Winds from west north west were gusting up to near gale...

On the 13th December the motor life-boat went out to warn the Cromer motor life-boat, which was out on another service, to return to Cromer to the help of the barge Sepoy.— Rewards, £14 13*. (For a full account of this launch see page...

Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port was awarded the gold medal for the service to Bonita on December 13, 1981: he first joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1975, becoming second coxswain in 1980 and coxswain in 1981 (photograph by... - View image in PDF

December 1998 Reginald Frederick Bailey, former Walmer second coxswain. Reginald was a crew member for over 13 years, bowman for over 4 years and second coxswain for 3 years.

He was awarded a certificate of thanks in...

13 October 2011: Mallaig lifeboat crew rescued a family of four people and two dogs from a tidal island, after their dinghy had drifted away. One four-legged family member really enjoyed his trip on the Severn’s...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.

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