LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ESCORT FOR GERMAN COASTER IN TOW Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 5.50 on the morning of the 14th February, 1963, the naval base at Haulbowline informed the honorary secretary that the steering gear of the coaster Milos of Bremen had broken down off...

Above: HRH The Duke of Kent KG presented the awards for gallantry and those for long and distinguished honorary. - View image in PDF

Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—On the morning of the 24th of November, 1956, a message was received from the Swedish motor vessel Kristina Thorden that she had a very sick man on board.

She asked the life-boat to meet her at...

EX-MOTOR MECHANIC THOMAS SLINEY, who for nearly 20 years served in that capacity with the Ballycotton, Co. Cork, life-boat, died on 23rd October, 1966.

He was awarded the silver medal in 1936 and the bronze medal in 1943...

Largs, Ayrshire. At 10.5 p.m. on July, 1965, the police reported that a small dinghy with three persons on board was in difficulties a mile and a half south-west of the South Bay. At 10.17 the IRB launched in a strong easterly breeze and...

Strong offshore wind results in four calls in an hour Hayling Island's Atlantic 21 Aldershot had a very busy hour or so on 8 May when she was afloat on exercise and then dealt with several casualties in quick succssion.

Careful! You’re holding something very valuable in your hands. It’s something you helped to make.

Thanks to the many letters and emails that readers send me, I have a pretty good idea of what you think is important about...

LAST year the Institution greatly increased the retaining fees paid to the officers of life-boats. It also increased the payments made to crews and launchers for exercise launches, and brought in a new scale of rewards for services.