LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AUGUST 14TH. - APPLEDORE, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

About 7.10 in the evening information from the naval authorities was received at both Clovelly and Padstow that two vessels were sinking, as a result of...

JULY 24TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 8 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down in the sea E. by S. eleven and a half miles from Cromer. A light S.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was...

review by John francis, lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Honorary Secretary

I have had the privilege of evaluating the DVD version of this archive of 580 issues ofthe Lifeboat and found it very easy to use. There are...

PERHAPS the widely-spread belief amongst our sailors in the existence of a sweet little cherub, whose peculiar mission it is to sit up aloft, and keep watch for the life of poor Jack, is one of the reasons why poor Jack takes such very...

There have been bonds between the police in Wolverhampton and the RNLI since 1863 when Captain Henry Segrave, the Chief Constable of Wolverhampton, was elected honorary secretary of the newly-formed Wolverhampton branch, and over the years...

A total of 400 RNLI lottery tickets sold by one person is a record set by Stuart Maggs of Hythe branch. Well done Mr Maggs—but are there any challengers? How about individual flag day collectors? Roger Cope, a member of Birmingham branch...

One need only look at the cork-clad oarsmen of over 100 years ago or the 'lady launchers'of the 1950s to see just how much has changed over the decades in saving lives at sea. Today's crews and lifeguards have previously undreamt...

Four years in the making, the RNLI’s new lifejackets are a milestone in maritime innovation

A lifejacket is the one item of personal protective equipment (PPE) that our crews must wear: their...