LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The s.s. Clan Malcolm, of Glasgow, bound from London to the Clyde, ran ashore near the Lizard in a dense fog on the 26th September. She was carrying a crew of seventy-five. A moderate to fresh S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....

Just in case: a happy Tony Hunter (below right) the RNLI's chief buyer, stores, receives a case of brandv from David Shepherd, brand manager for Martell Cognac, a bottle of which is carried on all large lifeboats. The cognac has been... - View image in PDF

AUGUST 30TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A British bombing aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but another boat had saved four of the crew from a rubber dinghy, and the fifth man could not be found.- Rewards, £12 16s. 6d..

DECEMBER 1ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but neither wreckage nor survivors could be found. - Rewards, £10..

The Severn (left) and Trent classes will be seen in increasing numbers as they replace older classes of lifeboat. This latest geneneration of afloat boat incorporates propeller protection.. - View image in PDF

South East Division Speedboat AT 1734 on Bank Holiday Monday, August 1986, the crews of Sheerness' 44ft Waveney and 16ft D class inflatable lifeboats were alerted by the duty officer at the Medway Port Office, following reports from...

Disabled catamaran THE HONORARY SECRETARY OF Mudeford lifeboat station received a pager call from the Coastguard at 1845 on Wednesday July 11, 1984, after reports that a catamaran had overturned and was in difficulties off Chewton Bunny.<...

Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings moves on to western Scotland, travelling from Kippford to Barra IslandHaving boldly gone from Berwick, on the north-east corner of England, we now cross the Final Frontier and...