LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

COBLES ESCORTED At 10.3 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, the cobles Provider and Silver Coquet were reported to be still at sea in conditions that were rapidly deteriorating. The lifeboat Millie Walton set out at 10.40 in a south-easterly gale...

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 7.42 p.m. on 27th November, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that the fishing boat Bluebell had been towing another fishing boat the Ebenezer (which had no lights) when the tow rope...

A plaque presented to the Appledore life-boat station by R.A.F. Chivenor, Devon, has led to a reciprocal presentation by the life-boat station. The plaques record the close co-operation between the two establishments on sea survival...

Lottery Draw The winning tickets for the 63rd national lottery were drawn at RNLI headquarters on Sunday 31 October 1993 by Peter Jones, chairman of the Civil Service Motoring Association and Colin Frizzell, chairman of Frizzell Financial...

Launch the 160th anniversary of the RNLI by introducing THE COXSWAIN to your garden Produced by rose specialists James Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen, in limited quantity for RNLI friends and supporters, this peach pink, sweetly scented hybrid...

Four very experienced coxswains were in London last May to be awarded medals for bravery. For all of them, Michael Berry of Jersey, Michael Scales of Guernsey, Michael Grant of Selsey and Thomas Cocking of St Ives, it was at least their...

An indication of the interest aroused by Staithes and Runswick lifeboat weekend last July. It all began with a traditional nightgown parade on the Friday evening through Staithes, led by a jazz band. The next day Staithes and Runswick and... - View image in PDF

New Year Honours Among the awards announced in the New Year Honours list were: Knights Bachelor Rear Admiral Morgan Morgan Giles, DSO QBE GM. For political service. Admiral Sir Morgan Morgan Giles has been a member of the Committee of...