LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The first steps inside the new National Collection of lifeboats tell you that this is something very special. Here, for the first time anywhere in the world, the history of a nation's lifeboats and the men who took them to sea is laid...

ANNUAL AWARDS 1979 The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman during 1979 has been made to Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan for the rescue of the crew of four of the Panamanian cargo vessel Revi in a...

ON 31st December, 1938, Commander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., retired from the service of the Institu- tion, having been chief inspector of life-boats since August, 1930.

Commander Drury, whose early years were spent...

By George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution.

IN February, 1823, Colonel Sir William Hillary, soldier, author, philanthropist and greatest of Life-boat men, issued his appeal to the nation, advocating the formation...

Floating away Arbroath's all-weather crew were assisting a local boat on 8 April 2006 when they noticed an inflatable dinghy being swept out to sea by tide and wind. D class John Charles Raybould and crew launched at 3pm to investigate....

Lifeboat Services Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: December 24 and February 14 Aith, Shetland Relief 52ft Arun: February 9 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rother: December 9 and January 28 Alderney, Channel Islands Relief 44ft Wuveney:...

DONATE A HOUSE? Seven houses are being built at Spurn Head for the Humber lifeboat crews. This is a desolate spot of land and if the RNLI did not provide housing there would be no crew for the boat.

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IN presenting to Parliament the Wreck Register and Chart for the year 1873—4, the BOARD OF TRADE observe that it has been found advisable to make up its tables from the 1st July to the 30th June, instead of from the 1st January to the 31st...