LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...

Hartlepool crew battled to save a 16-year-old boy stuck waist-deep in sand with a rapidly rising tide on 30 September 2011. The boy had got his foot caught when helping two younger members of his family from the water. The crew used a hose...

The RNLI Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards will take place on 17 May at the Barbican in London.

RNLI Governors will be contacted individually and invited to request tickets to both events. All other...

Earlier in the year, on the 7th January, the Kingsdowne and North Deal Life- boats had also been enabled to render somewhat similar service to the Italian brig Sori, except that in this instance the vessel, laden with linseed, was found on...

75 years ago From The Life-Boat of September 1919 in the somewhat flowery prose of the time the September 1919 issue of 'The Life-Boat' paid a tribute to a fictitious retiring lifeboatman under the heading 'The Old Coxswain'....

IN 1931 no fewer than 686 Branches held Life-boat Days, as compared with 672 in 1930 and 616 in 1929. The actual number of Days was still larger, for many Branches cover a wide area and include several districts, each of which holds its own...

'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore, For a ship to the rocks in nigh.

Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...

'Tis a stormy night, and the wild winds roar, The waves roll mountains high, And the Life-boat crew are called to the shore.

For a ship to the rocks is nigh. : Not a moment waver our heroes bold, As their boat they...