LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

50 Years Ago The following two items were first published in THE LIFEBOAT of February, 1935.

Stories of a Life-boat Day.

ST. ALBANS, Hertfordshire, has the distinction of the help of many of its ex-mayors...

A selection of lifeboat services from around the country Wells East Division Three saved .from stranded vessel Aservice to a fishing vessel in gale force winds, darkness, shallow water and heavy breaking seas has earned Wells lifeboat...

Passengeryessel on Tee shore in tiny cove During a six-hour service in gale force winds Angle's Tyne class lifeboat The Lady Rank was able to snatch a disabled passenger boat from the foot of 80ft cliffs, saving the lives of the four...

As the evening approached at Aberavon Beach on the south Wales coast, the RNLI lifeguard team were packing up their kit – but their work was not over for the day …

Sun and sand had attracted...

Ten hour service to disabled fishing vessel in gale force winds The coxswains of both the Penlee and Sennen Cove lifeboats, Neil Brockman and Terry George, have been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal following a joint service to a...

Re-member 1989 The 'Re-member 1989' scheme to fund a new Mersey class lifeboat has got off to a slightly disappointing start, although it is still early days for the appeal.

Although the number of new members coming...

Catamaran aground THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Morecambe lifeboat station was told by Helmsman Keith Willacy at 1515 on Saturday June 6, 1981, that a catamaran aground in the bay had been reported to him; her crew had not been accounted...

THE PERFECT SUNNY AFTERNOON of Tu6Sday April 27 seemed to take on extra brightness when Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at the Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, to name the relief 52ft Arun lifeboat Duchess of Kent....