LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DECEMBER 25TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British soldier coming to his wife in Aran on short leave from Italy arrived at Casla, Connemara, on Christmas Eve, but was unable to find any boat in Connemara to take him to Aran or in Aran to come and fetch...

JULY 17TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 8.30 in the morning information came from Troon pilot house that a small fishing boat was flying a flag and appeared to have broken down three miles south-west of Troon. At 6.45 the motor life-boat Sir David...

Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C, T.D., M.A., who has been deputysecretary since 1931, succeeds Colonel Satterthwaite as secretary. Colonel Burnett Brown, after serving through the war of 1914 to 1918 and being twice wounded, served again...

The Lifeboat is pleased to announce the award of an RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry to the Coxswain of Dunbar lifeboat, 38-year-old Gary Fairbairn.

Gary and his crew endured a 42-mile passage in severe gale force 9 winds...

MAY 30TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 7.43 P.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed approximately E.N.E. from Frinton battery, close inshore, and at 8.10 P.M. the motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched. A high westerly...

In October, RNLI volunteer fundraiser Kathy Blackman was named the ITV Tyne Tees Regional Fundraiser of the Year. Kathy was nominated by a member of Cullercoats lifeboat crew in recognition of her decades
of support. Kathy has...

Station volunteers foresaw disaster when seven adventurous children met the elements

Midday on 26 May was cold and blustery and Clogher Head Lifeboat Operations Manager Declan Levins was at the...

ONCE AGAIN the Earls Court Boat Show has come and gone and what a success story we can relate! We signed on 761 new members: an all-time record. This is a fantastic achievement and I should like to thank the following people for all their...