LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

With deep regret we record the following deaths: January 1996 Coleman Hernon, ex-coxswain of Aran Islands lifeboat (formally known as Galway Bay).

Coleman became bowman of the lifeboat in 1949, 2nd Coxswain in 1951 and...

Keeping fundraising going after the Summer is no mean feat, but for some communities it can be even trickier. With residents
across Orkney keen to support their local crew, Longhope Lifeboat Guild volunteers toured their bazaar...

NOVEMBER 20TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. An air-sea rescue launch’s engine had broken down, but she was able to repair it and go on her way. - Rewards, £7 5s..

Photograph by courtesy of the Evening Argus, Brighton EI1JOV5 On the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inshore Rescue Boats Evinrude motors have to work hard Have to be ready for action all the time, reliable, powerful. And they always are...

Decca was the first radar set aboard a lifeboat in this country.

That same Decca set is still serving on the same lifeboat; still guiding men through hard seas to safe harbours.

When the call is for solid...

A Willowbrook reclines, relaxes, lifts and massages...

Endorsed by Harley Street Orthopaedic Consultant ...all at the A Willowbrook powered recliner combines day-long comfort, elegance and style, while the optional massage...

AMONGST the various instruments which have been invented from time to time for rescuing persons from drowning, is the in- genious machine with the above title, a drawing and description of which we annex.

The Cliff-crane...

Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...