LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Witham and District branch, Essex, held its 1982 house to house collection in July. When the box of one of its supporters, Mr B. Tebbutt of Coggershall, was opened it was found to contain £75.30; that amount was made up on one £10...

Sixty years ago, when HM The Queen succeeded her father, she became the eighth sovereign to take on the role of RNLI Patron. For nearly 200 years, successive kings, queens and consorts have acted as figurehead for the...

Above: The naming ceremony of Phyl Clare 2. - View image in PDF

Swanage, Dorset.—-13th December.

Rockets had been reported in the direction of Old Harry Rocks, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £22 11s..

Lifeboat volunteers faced an exhausting 12-hour shift when a yachtsman was stranded 50 miles off the coast in appalling weather

It was just before 8am and the start of a blustery August weekend in Castletownbere. Coxswain...

Girvan, Ayrshire.—On the evening of the 24th June news was received that the Girvan pleasure motor boat Carrick Lass had run ashore about half a mile .

north of Girvan harbour in a thick mist. The sea was smooth and there...

The second annual raft race organised by York branch on the River Ouse was held on a sunny Saturday in July and about 40 entries mustered at the starting point, the Viking Hotel. The Lord Mayor of York and Mayoress judged all entries for the...

Men and women around the coast give up their time to train for and carry out lifeboat launches A Silver Medal-winning rescue by Cteethorpes and Number was featured in the autumn 2004 issue of the Lifeboat. As with many, the Cleethorpes crew...