LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by tfce artist to the Institution..

(left) .. . A look at Lincoln guild press cutting book with Mrs Nancy Newton, honorary treasurer. Mrs Glenys Foster, chairman and honorary secretary, is on the Duke's right.

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Falmouth's Arun Elizabeth Ann speeds away from SS Canberra with her 'medivac' casualty, seen being transferred in the inset photo.. - View image in PDF

Appledore, Devon. On the 13th of April, 1960, the motor vessel Lundy Gannet was returning from Lundy Island to Bideford on the evening tide with six people on board, including four passengers, when the keel band came adrift and threatened to...

75 years ago From The Life-Boat of 1920 The great difficulty in the way of Life-boat launches on flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses. It is becoming increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they...

James Dougal has been assistant second coxswain/ assistant mechanic of Eyemouth lifeboat since 1991. He joined the crew in 1972 and served as assistant mechanic from 1982 until taking up his present position.

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Amazingly, Poole lifeboats hadn’t been called out for a month, belying our status as one of the busiest coastal stations, but on Sunday 28 October at 10.59am, my pager broke its silence. Spurred into action, I knew that it could be something...

Congratulations! Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the RNLI's supporters the lifeboat service is now on an extremely sound financial footing, and looks set to continue that way. Twenty years ago things were far from rosy, but...