LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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THE first of the life-boat broadcasts in 1952 was in Children's Hour, on the 25th of January. It was in a series called " I'm Proud of My Father,' and the narrator was Miss May New- lands, daughter of Coxswain Duncan...

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...

Broken rudder THE YACHT Concerto, in difficulties ten miles north of Round Island, was reported to the honorary secretary of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, lifeboat station by Falmouth Coastguard at 1618 on Tuesday June 22, 1982. Maroons...

Lifeboat crews will always be ready to rescue when the call for help comes in. But with commercial fishing one of the most dangerous peacetime occupations, how can the RNLI help our fishermen to improve their chances before help arrives?<...

Ex-Coxswain William Stephenson and The Late Mrs Stephenson. - View image in PDF

Twentieth Century A Life-Boat Collecting In The Streets. - View image in PDF