LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Peter Heading (Left),
Peter Heading (left), helmsman of Aberystwyth station's C class inshore lifeboat, joined the crew in 1982.
In 1991, he was awarded a Bronze Medal in recognition of the courage and skill he displayed during a service on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Twin Saints
Lifeboats from the Channel Islands often cooperate with their French counterparts – rescue boats from the Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer (SNSM). The special relationship between the RNLI station at St Helier and the SNSM...
Category: Articles
Galatea
On the 8th Fe- bruary, the Norwegian barque Galatea ran on shore on the bar at the entrance of Youghal harbour, the captain having mistaken the port for Queenstown: a gale of wind was blow- ing at the time from the south, and there was a...
Two Dinghies (1)
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
Richard Dimbleby
Richard Dimbleby who died on the 22nd December, 1965 at the age of 52 was an active supporter and friend of the life-boat service. To a man, such as he was, of great personal courage and deep sincerity and with a passionate interest in...
Category: Obituaries
Keriolet
South Western Division French trawler in tow A FRENCH TRAWLER, Keriolet, in tow of the cable ship Iris and in need of help was reported to the honorary secretary of Clovelly, North Devon, by the Coastguard at 1610 on Thursday, January 17....
Around the Coast
A LARGE CROWD gathered at Selsey on April 25 for the handing over and dedication of the station's new D class lifeboat which is the gift of Selsey Lions Club. The lifeboat was presented by Mr A. E. Ryan, president of Selsey Lions, to...
Category: Articles
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Four boys LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed Flint lifeboat station at 1225 on Sunday April 25, 1982, that four boys were stranded 500 yards off the shore in the River Dee. They had gone to fish from a bank off the Cob at Bagillt and had been cut...
New Brighton
New Brighton New Brighton's new purpose-built lifeboat station was officially opened by the Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Mike Cooke, on 28 April 1990 in beautiful spring weather.
The building replaces a prefabricated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE by Rick Tomlinson A Trent class lifeboat on trials off Cowes in winds gusting to 50 knots. This is one of many spectacular photos which appear in Rick Tomlinson's 1996 Lifeboat Calendar. Details on page... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs