LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

An RNLI coxswain must be brave but what else does it take to inspire the confidence and trust of a modern-day crew?

On 9 July 2010, Mike Lawrence was not only in charge of Calshot’s Tyne class Alexander Coutanche but also...

FEBRUARY 2 8TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 10.56 in the morning the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Cubenda, of London, with a crew of twelve, had struck a mine about two and a half miles east of Mumbles Head, and the motor...

Peel, Isle of Man.—At 10.25 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a signal from the R.F.A. Wave Baron, an oil tanker of London. There had been an accident in the engine-room and a doctor and ambulance were needed....

These dramatic photographs capture an incident on Friday 13 January 1989 when the fishing vessel Boy Andrew ran into a narrow gulley at Trebister Ness on Westray in the Shetlands. Lerwick's Arun Soldian took the crew off by Y boat and... - View image in PDF

At about 8 P.M. on the 3rd December a message was received from the Coastguard re- porting that a vessel was showing signals, of distress in the Caldy Roads. The crew of the Life-boat William and Mary Devey were promptly assembled and the...

HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress having been observed at the end of the breakwater, the Life-boat Thomas Fielden was launched at 5 A.M. on the 10th January, in a strong S.W. gale and a heavy sea and found the schooner Alfred stranded on the...

What has a 25-knot all-weather craft powered with waterjets got in common with a £300 wooden boat with 10 oars? They’re both fundraising targets set by The Lifeboat Fund – the UK civil service charity set up in aid of the RNLI. When the...

Coxswain Gordon Elliott of Padstow has been awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for the rescue of two men from the fishing vessel Deo Gratias on 23rd November, 1965. The thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have...