LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT HASTINGS on May 17 (above) a D class ILB, the cost of which had been given by J. H. Minet and Co., was presented to the station by E. G.

Denman (left), Managing Director of the Marine Division of Minets, and accepted by...

The R.N.L.I's charter does not make provision for the preservation of old lifeboats and equipment, and the National Lifeboat Museum Bristol was therefore established as an independent registered charity for this...

It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: June Mr J. A. Clugston, who joined Port St Mary branch in 1958 and became chairman in 1966, retiring from this office due to ill health in 1970, when he became a...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Robert Wright MBE, Second Coxswain at Pwllheli Lifeboat Station. Robert was taken ill during a lifeboat launch in September and, despite the best efforts of his fellow crew and other...

Naming ceremoniesNorah Cadman at Blackpool The D class lifeboat was kindly provided by the generous bequest of Mrs Norah Cadman, in memory of the late Norah and Harry Cadman.

Colonel Alan Niekirk, member of the RNLI...

Canoes caught out WHILE ON EXERCISE, on Saturday May 15, Beaumaris ILB Blue Peter II learned, at 1350, that a group of 20 canoeists from the Nelson Outdoor Pursuit Centre at Llanfair were out in the Menai Straits opposite Moel-y-Don and had...

Coxswain Edwin Madron, of Penlee, and John Drew, the motor mechanic. - View image in PDF

Cdr George Cooper is the RNLI's deputy chief of operations.. - View image in PDF