LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Four girls of St. Margaret's House, Huyton College, Huyton, Liverpool— Janet Cranna, Penny Thomber, Jenny Giffin and Anne Mortimer—sent the following letter to the R.N.L.I.: 'Enclosed is a postal order for 14s. 6d. which is the total...

Belfast had its very own RNLI lifeboat station for a long weekend in July when Bangor and Red Bay volunteers provided extra rescue cover for the Tall Ships Race. Around 750,000 visitors poured into the city for the 4-day event and our...

Two private individuals who put out in a boat from a Cornish village after some people had been washed over the harbour wall have both been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum. They are Mr. Terence Sawyer and Mr. Frank...

SEAMAN'S INJURIES St. Ives, Cornwall. At 12.20 a.m. on 2nd April, 1964, the honorary secretary was told by the radio medico service that the Belgian trawler Triton of Zeebrugge was proceeding towards St. Ives Bay with a badly injured...

Surf is a way of life on the North Cornwall coast - Blue Peter IV is seen (below) launching on exercise through seas very much smaller than those encountered in the Vellumwinning service From the survivor's point of view… The RNLI's... - View image in PDF

Coxswain Peter Bisson of St Peter Port joined the lifeboat crew in 1980 and became second coxswain in 1984 before being appointed coxswain in 1986. Together with his fellow crew members he was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 for the rescue of... - View image in PDF

Constantly reading the conditions in sea and sky, lifeguards can prevent many incidents before they even begin. But when a rip current pulled a bodyboarder out to sea, one Devon team proved they were ready to give their...

RNLI crew members and fundraisers were among the guests at the Buckingham Palace garden party on 14 July. Rhyl Coxswain Peter Robinson (pictured meeting HM The Queen) says: ‘It was an honour for my wife and myself to attend and we thoroughly...