LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

When Spring approaches and inshore lifeboats prepare for their busy period, George Dadson, RNLI truck driver, knows there is far more going on behind the scenes than may meet the public eye…George is responsible for ensuring the inflatables...

Eianouth lifi-lxxit. Catherine Harriot Knlnn. and crew in 1938. Coxswain Tliomas Moore Horn, centre, ii'on the Ttianks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum for his courage and determination in carrying oiti a very difficult and... - View image in PDF

(Above, right) His Royal Highness is shown Lytham-St Anne's photographic collection by (I to r) Coxswain Arthur Wignall, John Ogden, station honorary secretary, and Harry Cartmell, branch chairman.. - View image in PDF

Is accordance with our custom for some years past, we present some facts connected with the Wreck Register and Chart, prepared annually by the Board of Trade for presentation to Parliament.

It is, as usual, a...

Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...

GALE SPRINGS UP DURING OCEAN RACE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 22nd June, 1962, the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club's Outer Dowsing ocean race started with about sixteen yachts taking part. By three o'...

THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition, was held this year for the eleventh time. As in the previous year, the Institution has pre- sented eight Challenge Shields and 280 individual awards, that is to say, a Challenge...

Naming and dedication Ceremonies Relief Fleet- Arun class Duke of Atholl The City Chambers at Dundee became the scene of great activity on Saturday 12 May 1990 when the Duke of Atholl's private army disembarked from buses and tuned their...