LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Address at the Annual Meeting.

MR. CHAIRMAN, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, although this is the first time that I have spoken at your Annual Meeting, I am by no means unfamiliar with the work of the life-boat...

"KEEP a sharp look-out, lads," Was our coxswain's warning cry, As he scanned the horizon seawards, Where breakers were rolling" high.

" It's a wild night, I fear, lads; We'll have stiff work...

WHEN a shrieking, thund'rous tempest Breaks the stillness of the night, And a ship in seething waters Wages impotential fight; As the life-croft to the rescue, Gallant oarsmen speed afloat— Do we realise the perils Of the men who man the...

DO YOUR BIT FUND OUR KIT

This May will see the return of Mayday, our big yellow welly-themed fundraising event

An annual celebration of brave lifesavers around our coasts, Mayday brings together...

5–21 OCTOBER

Last October, thousands of RNLI supporters shared hearty meals to honour the brave crew who miss dinners and special moments with loved ones to save lives at sea. The funds they raised through Fish Supper...

A SUPERB MAP JIGSAW Centred On Your Home . ... # - n S the centre piece of your hand-made iiqsaw is shaped like a house Where you live is bit of a puzzle! A unique 255-piece map jigsaw made from quality 1.5mm Millboard centred on a place of...

COXSWAIN WILLIAM CROWLEY, of the Fenit life-boat Hilton Briggs.

A member of the crew since 1928, Coxwain Crowley, who is 58, was appointed bowman in 1936, since which time the life-boat has been launched 58 times and has... - View image in PDF

ENGLISH AND DANISH FISHING BOATS IN DISTRESS Runswick, and Whitby, Yorkshire.—At half-past one in the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1947, information was telephoned from Whitby to Runs- wick that the fishing boat Gem, belong- ing...