LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mrs D. J. Wilkes of Llandudno, a keen and dedicated supporter of the lifeboat service for many years, she was appointed an honorary life governor in 1964..

GRP construction has been used for all recent Arun class lifeboats. The hulls are laid up inside a female mould (left) using polyester resin and glass fibres to produce a light, strong hull.. - View image in PDF

Recovery: The tractor's winch cable is attached to the lifeboat as shore helpers wait in the shallows with their skids ready to lay in the boat's path.. - View image in PDF

Her naming ceremony held by the River Thames, the new relief 52ft lifeboat gave her demonstration run with the Houses of Parliament as her background.. - View image in PDF

Index to Advertisers Page Aegis Insurance Services (Group) Ltd 74 Birds Eye Foods Ltd Inside Back Cover Maritime Books (Readers Union Ltd) Back Cover Mercantile Credit Inside Front Cover.

The late Jacko Harris with just a few of the many thousands of school children he showed round Appledore lifeboat house in the last 14 years of his life.. - View image in PDF

Bryan Gerrard, who served the RNLI first as a boat mechanic then as fleet staff coxswain/mechanic. Mr Gerrard worked for the Institution for 27 years..

Above: Lionel Lukin, 'the original inventor of that principle of safety'. Below: 'Unimmergible boats' - Lukin's 1806 patent relating to the forerunner of the modern lifeboat..