LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ON the 17th of January this year—a night of a north-westerly gale and sleet showers—the motor vessel Tapti, of London, ran aground on the Eileen Soa rocks in the Gunna Sound between the islands of Tiree and Coll in the Outer Hebrides. She...

The life-boat Grace Darling achieved a gallant rescue near this station, during violent gale on the 11th of October.

On that day the Elizabeth, & sloop belong- ing to Sunderland, was forced on to the Pftrtin Steel rocks...

Roger Tomkins from Norwich has become the 30,000th person to join the RNLI's membership grade for sea users. Offshore. To mark the occasion, marketing manager David Brann presented a delighted Roger, accompanied by Sarah Shadbolt, with a... - View image in PDF

Silver medals for outstanding gallantry were presented to three Hfeboatmen at the annual presentation of awards on May 22: to (/.) Coxswain Kenneth Voice, Shoreham Harbour, for the service to the Greek cargo vessel Athina B on January 21,... - View image in PDF

French trawlermen saved IN THE WAKE OF the hurricane which swept across South East England in the early hours of October 16, 1987, many of the boats berthed at Newhaven Harbour—ripped from their moorings in the 90-knot winds—had been blown...

ESCORTED VESSELS Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11 a.m. on 3rd January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that two motor fishing vessels, the Easter Morn and Galilee, were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat...

• WHEN TIM BATSTONE confronted the RNLI with the news that he intended to circumnavigate Great Britain on a sail board and raise money for the Institution, the reaction was decidedly mixed.

Should an organisation so...

Awards to coxswains, crew members and shore helpers The following people were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 2000.

* denotes coxswain Names in italic have served at least 30 years Names in blue have...