LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Single-handed sloop A RED FLARE was observed about three miles west of Needles Coastguard lookout at 1240 on Tuesday, October 5,1976.

A helicopter from HMS Daedalus, Leeon- Solent, took off to investigate and at 1300 found...

A new Atlantic 21 class lifeboat which will serve in the relief fleet, was named and dedicated at the Institution's Inshore Lifeboat Centre, East Cowes on 25 November 1992.

The cost of the lifeboat had been met from a...

Port Askaig, Isle of Islay.—Early on the morning of the 17th October the s.s. Shuna, of Glasgow, bound for Gothenburg, ran hard on the rocks one mile S.S.W. of Chuirn Island Light.

A west gale was blowing, with a rough sea....

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Sir Angus Fraser KCB TD We regret to announce that Sir Angus Fraser passed away on Sunday 27 May.

Sir Angus joined the Committee of Management in 1986 and served as a Deputy Treasurer from 1996 to 1998. He was elected a...

Towards the close of a year in which greater demands were made on the life-boat service than ever before, I would like to congratulate everyone connected with the service on their splendid achievements and to wish them all a very happy...

The Institution has had a gift of $/- which came with the message: "from the sale of a few baby goldfish".

The Institution has had in recent months gifts from Switzerland, Bengal, Syria, Abyssinia, the Gold Coast, Northern Rhodesia, Texas, Peru, New South Wales, New Zealand and Ascension Island. That is, from all six continents, and the South...