LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN l86 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 187 NEW DEPOT SUPERINTENDENT l88 SWIFTLY REPLACED AFTER DAMAGE 188 OBITUARY 189 FOCUS ON GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON IQI IRISH COXSWAIN'S BRAVERY 195 TRAWLER STRIKES CLIFF FACE 196 RESCUE...

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL At 6 p.m. on 23rd December, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that he had a patient requiring hospital treatment and as no other boat was available requested the use of the life-boat.

The...

AUG. 26TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.

Flares had been reported, but the life-boat could find nothing. - Rewards, £20 11s. 6d..

Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. At 11.10 a.m. on I5th August, 1965, a bather was reported in difficulties half a mile south of the station. At 11.13 the IRB launched in a slight sea and took the bather on board, returning with him to her station...

THE night of the 27th of September, 1951, was very dark and overcast at St. Helier, in Jersey. A fresh wind was blowing from the south-south- west; there was a swell rising from six to eight feet; and heavy storms of rain made visibility...

Awards to coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...

In its 140th year of saving lives at sea, New Brighton lifeboat station saw a new arrival in October 2004. The inshore rescue hovercraft, to be named Hurley Spirit, will play a vital role in the RNLI's lifesaving operations on the...

In 2013, we’ll start replacing Mersey class lifeboats with the next generation of all-weather lifeboat – the Shannon class. At £1.5M a piece, why are we doing it?

The Mersey class lifeboat...