LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MARCH 26TH. - APPLEDORE, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 11.15 in the morning Croyde coastguard reported to Appledore that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea. The same information was given to Ilfracombe by the resident naval officer. The...

A bridge too far!Bridge! Photo Blackpool Evening Gazette Four thousand walkers crossed the River Wyre in Lancashire via the new Shard Bridge - and managed to raise £4,000 for the RNLI! The idea for the sponsored walk, before the...

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHTS DYNALITE FLASHES One of the world's most powerful flashlights, specially imported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight is 80,000 candle power made of strong plastic, and...

FACING DANGER TOGETHER k The St. Ives lifeboat 'RNLB The Princess Royal' with a Royal Navy rescue helicopter of 771 Squadron by Christopher Southcombe The original painting was commissioned by Mr Leslie Leek of Tregenna Castle...

THE NAMES of famous lifeboatmen tend to stick to places along the coast. So, too, do the names of voluntary workers who over many years have left their mark on communities in the name of the lifeboat service. One of these is Mrs Kathleen...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 155 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to August 31st, 1953 ....

78,333 The Thirty-first of January: A Day of...

UPKinsale lifeboat crew tackled their biggest casualty on 2 February when the relief B class Walters Lifeboat brought in the 35-tonne Paulona. The 12m fi shing vessel was heading for Baltimore when the engine’s temperature started to rise...

Coxswain Douglas Matthewson presents to HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, during his visit to Arbroath on May 11, the lifeboatmen who man the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat RNLB Shoreline. photograph by courtesy of D. C. Thomson... - View image in PDF