LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Tony Mundy, landlord of the White Hart in Orpington went the whole hog and had his head completely shaved in view of a full house! Tony, pictured left and getting in a bit of a lather, has already raised £441 in sponsorship - with a... - View image in PDF

When the general public think of RNLI volunteers, they think of crew, like me, probably a bit older, with a big thick beard!

The team at the Lifeboat asked me to introduce this issue as I have experience on the...

IN 1889 Mr. EGBERT BAYLY, of Torr Grove, Ply month, a member of the Local Committee of the Port of Plymouth Branch of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, published, with the sanction of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, of which he...

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 14th of March, 1865, His Grace the DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.T., P.O., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was...

A woman in County Cork has sent a pound, saying: "My son has just been saved after his ship went, and I -feel I should like to help to save another mother's soa"..

• Roving Commissions (R.C.C. Press, price 42s.) is a limited annual edition of the Journal of the Royal Cruising Club, edited by Alasdair Garrett. If every reader gets as much pleasure and profit from these brisk, refreshing yacht journals...

ABILITY to aid the shipwrecked is a fairly accurate standard by which to measure a country's civilization. In the South Sea Islands, or Somali Laud, the un- fortunate castaway may struggle through the breakers, only to be clubbed on...

The crew at Chiswick on the River Thames is one of our busiest – and in October 2016 they knew it wouldn’t be long before they were called on for the 3,000th time. But who would need their help?

Crew Members Gavin Simmons...