LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE ONLY LIFEBOATMAN AT PRESENT SERVING TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THREE SILVER MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY by Joan Davies 'Grandfather . . . he was coxswain before Dad; and my Uncle Jim and Dad were both in the lifeboat with...

Creyv board boat face danger and tragedy inside cave on Atlantic coast The crew of the Arun stationed at Ballyglass on the exposed north west coast of Ireland faced unusual dangers last October when the lifeboat and her Y-Boat were involved...

1,188 lives saved in 1991 Provisional figures for 1991 indicate that lifeboats were called out 4,407 times during last year and that 1,188 people were saved from death at sea by lifeboatmen and women.

Lifeboats were at sea...

Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI's public relations committee is pictured with Roger Royle. presenter of BBC Television's "Songs oj Praise' programme and Barr Hartley. Editor of the Lowcstolt Journal, recipients of RNLI... - View image in PDF

Out in the open around the country! Once again the RNLI will be opening its facilities to visitors this year, enabling them to gain a firsthand impression of how the Institution works and the quality of the boats and...

An enjoyable experience While I was on holiday near Veryan last summer I enjoyed sailing by dinghy in Gerrans Bay. However on July 18, when I had the outboard motor on the boat, the motor failed and I was driven on to the rocks at Nare Head....

Notes of the Quarter by the Editor .. .. .. .. .. 2 Profiles 4 Life-saving on the Shannon by M. Duffy .. .. .. .. 6 Letters 8 Royal Blue to the Rescue .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Plymouth Exhibition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 The RNLI looks at the...

A routine exercise on 10 June between The Lizard lifeboat and a naval helicopter became the real thing the following day.

Both were called to the aid of the fishing vessel Harvester, which had reported an engine room fire...