LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Mumbles, August 29, 1986: A bi-ling ceremony was the order of the day when The Mumbles' new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat was dedicated with prayers in Welsh and English. After Dr Hudson, chairman of the station committee, had...

MR. J. R. BARNETT, O.B.E., M.I.N.A., of the famous Glasgow firm of Messrs.

G. L. Watson, retired at the end of July from the post of consulting naval architect to the Institution, and the Committee of Management, as some...

Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.25 on the evening of the 28th of March, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that an ex- it.A.F. motor launch appeared to be in need of help one and a half miles east-north-east of Flamborough Head but had shown no...

LAUNCH the Life-boat! Heaven, we pray, Smile upon this glorious day.

Grant out Boat may help to save Shipwrecked ciews from watery grave.

When the storm roars loud and high, To the rescue may she fly,...

Tyne to the rescue of sinking pilotboat Ramsgate's relief Tyne class lifeboat Owen andAnnAisherw&s called to the assistance of Ramsgate port control on 1 June 1991 when one of their launches, the pilot boat St Olave, was reported to...

PENLEE | 29 JUNE

Penlee’s crew were in the throes of their Sunday morning training session when they received the call for help.

Provident, a 1920s former Brixham trawler with 13 people onboard, had...

23 May 1999 - Sharon Parke anoints the new Hunstanton Atlantic 75 with Champagne as she names the €71,000 lifeboat, DJS Haverhill, in memory of her late uncle, David James Sisson.. - View image in PDF

THERE were fewer launches of life- boats in 1951 than in 1950, and fewer lives were rescued, but it was a year of outstanding gallantry, and more than twice as many medals were won, two silver and eight bronze. They were won by coxswains,...