LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 26th of November, 1954, the Valentia, Co. Kerry, life-boat put out in a whole north-westerly gale to go to the help of a motor trawler. The next day, with the help of a fishing boat, the life-boat succeeded in towing the trawler from...

THE Queen of the Netherlands awarded the silver medal of humane assistance to ex-Coxswain H. O. Thomas of Torbay for the rescue of a man from a Dutch lighter on the 7th of December, 1959. The other seven members of the crew were each awarded...

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DUNGENESS | 4 APRIL
A man and woman were rescued from the upturned hull of a trimaran by the volunteer crew of RNLI Dungeness. Both casualties were balancing on the slippery surface when the Shannon...

On the 27th of November, 1954, the Liberian tanker World Concord broke in two in the Irish sea. The St.

David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat rescued thirty-five men from her fore- part, and the Rosslare Harbour,...

On the evening of the 21st of January, 1955, the St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, life-boat was called out to go to the help of a Panamanian steamer.

After a dangerous passage among rocks and in dense fog the life-boat...

The late Professor Edgar A. Pask, O.B.E., M.D., M.A., M.B., B.Chir., D.A., F.F.A.R.C.S., who was a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, was honoured at an informal ceremony in November in the presence of the Duke and...

First season success Glorious sunshine brought many to Croyde and Woolacombe beaches, North Devon, on 11 June 2006, but high surf and strong rip currents combined to make a busy day for RNLI lifeguards. They used their rescue watercraft to...