LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JANUARY 8TH - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was picked up by another vessel. - Rewards, £17 19s.

It is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: August, 1985 Mr Frederick Brooks MBE, chairman of Hayling Island branch from 1970, later becoming president. In 1977 Mr Brooks became chairman of the station branch committee. He...

With deep regret we record the following deaths: November 1995 Mrs Maggie May (Finnic) Howells MBE, a founder member of Tenby ladies' lifeboat guild. In 1939 she was chairman of the guild and later president from 1975 to 1994. Mrs...

Everyone has their own personal reasons for giving time or donations to the RNLI, but I think there's something we all have in common. We can't bear the thought of people being left at the mercy of the sea- or the thought of...

JANUARY 17TH. - WALMER, KENT.

Flares had been reported, but they were found to come from burning waste on a steamer with which the crew were trying to thaw out a frozen windlass. - Rewards. £29 0s. 6d.

THE SEASON is now well under way, so may we wish all our members 'good sailing', and for those members who will not be able to go afloat, a pleasant summer.

While stationed in Ireland as inspector of lifeboats I had...

North Cape & Land of the Midnight Sun Cruise from £699 Honningsvag, North Cape MV Athena 11 days departing: 13th June 2007 Sailing from Harwich - No Flying Five ports of call: Ålesund, Tromso, Bergen (Norway), Honningsvåg...

Research and Development Officer, RNLI IMAGINE A JANUARY AFTERNOON. Not much wind, but a cold front forecast; the light will fade in a couple of hours; wind and sea will be getting up and the temperature is dropping all the...