LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN the Report of the General Superin- tendent of the Life-saving Service, it is stated that there were at the close of the last flscal year 194 stations, 149 being on the Atlantic, 37 on the Lakes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the...

RNLI Director, Andrew Freemantle, is always keen to get in the thick of it and get his hands dirty - and recently he got thrown about and drenched when he tried his hand at shearwater rafting.. - View image in PDF

Lottery Saturday afternoon shoppers jostled with each other for the best view of the 39th lottery draw. The event took place at 3pm on Saturday, October 31 inside the Poole branch of Tesco's supermarket, by kind permission of branch...

JANUARY 19TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.

The steam trawler Lydia Eva, which was acting as a tender to the R.A.F., was seen to be dragging her anchors towards a lee shore An ensign knotted in the tail was seen hoisted,...

Surely the fittest postman in the east: David Clemens, 69, who is also vice-chairman of Colchester District branch, holds his London Marathon medal aloft as he goes on his delivery round in Marks Tey. He was one of a large team of runners in... - View image in PDF

London lifeboats boost rescues The Lifeboats had another busy year in 2002, with crews rescuing 7,365 people. In their first full year of operations. Beach Rescue lifeguards were involved in 867 major incidents and saved 22...

6 January: Longhope’s Tamar class lifeboat was called out on her first shout of 2013 when she assisted a local fishing boat experiencing gearbox problems. The fisherman had attached a line to a nearby creel buoy...

On the 4th March the sloop Hannah, of Liverpool, being driven into Ratwharf bay, and a gale coming on, hoisted signals of distress, when the Moelfre life-boat proceeded to her aid, and found the crew helpless from fatigue and long...