LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JULY 4TH . - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

A steamer had been bombed and sunk, four of her crew being killed, but the seven survivors, three badly wounded, were picked up by a patrol boat. - Rewards, £5 18s..

JABSCO ... the first name in marine pumps JACK CUNNINGHAM used JABSCO pumps for his award winning Fairey Huntsman FORDSPEED —all supplied by Emmett (Marine and Industrial) Limited.

Last year Jack Cunningham completed 8,000...

To JOHN JAGO, on his retirement, after serving 35 years as Signalman and previously 16 years as a member of the crew of the Rye Harbour Life-boat, a Pension.

To ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, on his retirement, after serving 11 years...

THE PERIOD of a little over a quarter of a century during which the late Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, was the Institution's President, will almost certainly be looked back upon by future historians of the life-boat service as one of...

Certificates of Service and Pensions.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE and a PENSION, have been awarded to: RICHARD LEE, 21J years coxswain, 7J years second coxswain and 3J years bowmam of the Douglas...

Coxswain/Mechanic David Chant of St Davids became a shore helper and assistant winch man in 1962 before joining the crew in 1984. He was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1988.

David was awarded a bronze medal this year in... - View image in PDF

The Flora London Marathon on 26 April was a great success, and the RNLI hopes to raise over £350,000 from the event.

Thirteen lifeboat crew members ran for the RNLI, from Tower, Girvan, Chiswick, Skegness, Bembridge,...

JANUARY Launches 63 Lives rescued 100 JANUARY 2ND. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.10 in the afternoon the naval control told the coxswain that two ships had been in collision between No. 1 and No. 2 Sea Reach Buoys. There was a thick...