LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL last May the gold medal for outstanding gallantry was presented to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port, Guernsey, and the silver medal to Coxswain/Mechanic Alexander ' Alastair' Gilchrist of...

AT THE TIME of the London Boat Show last January a discussion was held on the shared task of lifesaving at sea by lifeboats and rotary wing aircraft. The helicopters of the Royal Navy were represented by Lt-Cdr Adrian Thomas, Commanding...

Eastern Division Explosion at sea AN EXPLOSION, on the night of November 15, 1973, aboard the 300-ton deep-sea trawler Boston Jaguar, 37 miles 020° (T) from Cromer, Norfolk, left the ship without steering gear, with her mate killed and...

The 20 Branches with the highest Collection.

WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the Branch financial year ending September 30th,...

You should raise your hat to Mrs. Monnie Clements—but if you haven't got one, she will be only too pleased to provide it. A few months ago Mrs.

Clements, secretary of the Shanklin branch of the Royal National Lifeboat...

To THOMAS PENGILLY, on his retirement, after serving 27 years as Coxswain and previously 10 years as Second Coxswain of the Clovelly Life-boat, a Certificate of Ser- vice and a Pension.

To JOHN W. PLUMMER, on his...

Building into the millennium Shoreworks manager Howard Richings reaches the final leg of his epic voyage - travelling from Aith, in the Shetland Islands, to Eyemouth on the Scottish mainland.It is appropriate that we commence the final leg...

THE following coxswains and members of lifeboat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition entitled to them, by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...