LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Pictured above is Coxswain Malcolm Gray of St Davids lifeboat with his youngest crew member/daughter, Gillian, following the rescue of a fishing vessel last May.

There are a number of crews who consist of more than one... - View image in PDF

FOR LIFEBOAT PEOPLE 1982 was a very full year. The Institution's lifeboats were called out more than 3,000 times and the number of lives rescued was the highest in the past seven years: 1,244.

These figures are...

The inshore lifeboat station at Cowes, Isle of Wight, joined the RNLI fold on 1 July.

The trustees of the town’s independent lifeboat service, which had been serving the community for 19 years, asked the RNLI to take on...

Front row (I to r) Mrs Madron, Mrs Richards and Mrs Blewett of Penlee, with the medallists (each row I to r, starting from front): Motor Mechanic Robert Vowles, Coxswain Michael Scales and Second Coxswain Peter Bougourd, St Peter Port;... - View image in PDF

Medical mock-up: the rescue services' ability to deal with large numbers of survivors, many suffering the effects of burns, chemical contamination, compound fractures and other injuries was put to the test in a complex exercise off the... - View image in PDF

It was the morning of Saturday 24 May 2008 and the sailor, en route from the Azores to Ireland, was in considerable pain. He struggled to control his yacht in the rough seas that would inevitably worsen – gales were expected for the evening....

TilE annual award for the bravest lifeboat deed of 1947, known as the "Miss Maud Smith's reward for courage,, in memory of John, 7th Earl of Hardwicke," has been made to Coxswain Edwin F. Madron,' of Penlee, for the rescue...

Presentation of Vellums Signed by the Prince of Wales.

TEN Centenary Vellums were pre- sented to Stations during the year 1931, and two more presentations were made in 1930 in addition to the ten previously reported in...