LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JUNE 22ND. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.

A dinghy, the property of the R.A.F. and with R..A.F. men aboard, had got into difficulties, but she was beached before the lifeboat reached her. - Rewards, £11 1s..

SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A ship’s boat was reported adrift and an aeroplane down in the sea, but the boat was found empty and of the aeroplane only wreckage was found. - Rewards, £7 2s..

JUNE 9TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A small boat with three boys on board had capsized close to the boom defence, Isle of Sheppey. One boy reached the boom and got ashore. The other two could not be found. - Rewards, £8...

NOVEMBER 2ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT.

Two vessels, the motor ship Phirsaparoea, of Curacoa, and the American steamer Pomona Victory, had been in collision, but did not need the life-boat. - Rewards, £11 17s..

RNLI Patron HM The Queen has honoured the following with Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE) for voluntary service to maritime safety: • Joel Grunnill (Chairman, Skegness Lifeboat Management Group) • Patrick Wood (Chairman, Harpenden...

The total raised on this year's SOS day, the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day, is over £490,000 and the money is still coming in.

Congratulations and thank you if you organised or supported an SOS event. Next year’s...

The RNLI took on the running of Cowes Lifeboat Station on the Isle of Wight in 2008. Based in a small, temporary facility within Shepards Wharf Marina, Cowes lifeboat launched 41 times last year and rescued 49 people.

Now,...

Some of my best and most exciting memories have been stirred by your feature Then and Now.

Then: I lived in Hastings as a small girl in the 1950s, and remember the sound of the maroon followed by the footsteps of Coxswain...