LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

It was with great sadness that the RNLI learned of Harry Patch’s death in July at the age of 111.

Harry’s relationship with the RNLI began when he kindly funded a D class lifeboat from the proceeds of his book The last...

Three women have been thanked by the Institution for their gallantry. One was the purser of the training ship "Moyana", in Southampton Water, who was awarded a vellum. Six cadets had left the ship in a dinghy in a rough...

MYSTERIOUS are the ways of God to man! We would willingly believe, nay, we dare not disbelieve, that God's dealings with man are always just; that whatever direction his journey through life may take, or terminate when or how it may, it...

We’re proud to call HM The Queen the RNLI’s Patron. In this, her Diamond Jubilee year, we’re celebrating extraordinary commitment – Her Majesty’s commitment to the RNLI, our volunteers’ commitment to saving lives at sea, and your commitment...

MARCH 16TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 10. 40 P .M. n e w s was received from the civic guard at Carne that a vessel was in distress off Carne Pier.

At 11.10 P.M. the motor life-boat B.A.S.P., on temporary duty at...

OC T. 10T H . - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS, AND ABERDEEN. The Swedish vessel Solstad, of Karlstad, had been reported in distress with her steering gear dis-abled, about fifteen miles S.E. of Montrose, and the Montrose motor life-boat was unable...

JANUARY 6TH - 7TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the evening information was received from the coastguard that a British aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles south-west of Llanbedrog. A light...

Trinity House by J. GROSVENOR (Staples Press, 15/-.) is a factual and ably written account of the work of the great organisation which received its charter in 1514 and which today is responsible for so many essential services, including the...