LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...

APRIL 18TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.

A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea between Combe Martin and Lynton, and one of the crew was believed to have baled out, but nothing was found, and it was learnt later that...

Seaspray and Whisky
by Norman Freeman

Review by Sam Barnes

Though I’m a fan of books with a maritime theme I didn’t quite know what to expect from Seaspray and Whisky. It is based on...

Malcolm MacDonald, Assistant Tractor Driver at Ramsey Lifeboat Station, has been named RNLI Photographer of the Year.

Malcolm took first prize in the RNLI-wide competition for his picture of the station’s Mersey class...

Lifesaving and volunteering were celebrated at the RNLI’s Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards at the Barbican in London this May. Chairman Admiral the Lord Boyce, in his morning address, also praised the work of the...

4 November 2011: It was a big moment for 17-year-old Matt Ratcliffe, Tobermory lifeboat’s newest and youngest crew member, when his pager went off for the first time. The crew towed home a fishing vessel that had...

MARCH 4TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

A naval motor gunboat had been reported in need of help, and the life-boat made two searches in bad weather, with enemy aeroplanes about, but the gunboat got in...

Mr. T. E. PURDY, J.P., C.C., has been elected an Honorary Life Governor of the Institu- tion, in recognition of his long and valuable services as Honorary Secretary of the Colwyn Bay Branch, and will be presented with a copy of the Vote...