LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Weymouth, Dorset - At 12.02 a.m.

on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored one hundred yards offshore of Chesil Cove. Two men on board had come ashore to obtain fuel...

Two lifeboats from Moelfre save fishing boat and crew service by Moelfre's two lifeboats has led framed letters of appreciation signed by chairman of the RNLI for Helmsman Rodney Pace and crew member Anthony Barclay of the D class...

GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT THE HUMBER FEBRUARY 12TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. During the evening there was bitter winter weather on the Humber. A strong north-north-east wind was blowing on shore, with squalls at gale force. Snow was falling...

MARCH 13TH - 15TH. - CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the 5th February the S.S. Empire Breeze had stranded on the Bondicar Rocks, and the Amble lifeboat had rescued her crew. On the 13th March the Empire Breeze was refloated and taken in tow...

Lifeboat stations around the coast are subject to immense wear and tear from the launch and recovery of lifeboats and exposure to the elements. If lifeboats are to remain operational their boathouses and slipways must, however, be kept in a...

ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN instances of medical men serving on the Committee of Management in years gone by, and many occasions when doctors on the coast have given valuable service, there was never a centrally planned policy on medical...

Lifeboatmen save people and livestock from flooded towns In the early hours of 18 October 1990 the towns of Ballycastle and nearby Cushendall in Co. Antrim were badly flooded, and Red Bay lifeboat station and two of the Crew Members at...

WITH deep regret we announce the death on January 24 of Mrs Patricia Rickard.

Mrs Rickard (left) had worked for the RNLI since 1961, was a member of the London ladies' bridge committee and six years ago founded the...