LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Today's lifeboatmen Coxswain Michael Grant of Selsey joined the crew in 1960 and served as second coxswain from 1972 to 1978, becoming the station's full-time coxswain on 1 November 1978.

He was awarded the Thanks...

A sudden gale from the E.N.E. sprang up on the morning of the 4th December, when the fishing-boats had just reached the fishing-ground. As the sea rose very high, only one boat attempted to shoot any lines; all the others ran for the bay.<...

ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.—About 8 A.M.

on the 27th February a telephone message was received stating that a steamer was blowing a succession of short blasts from a foghorn and immediately afterwards another message an-ived...

During a whole S.W. gale on the 15th March tho steam hopper No. 3, of Liverpool, was observed to be in difficulties, and the Life-boat John and Henrietta was launched and went to her. The hopper had lost her rudder and was drifting...

Many voluntary workers with long associations with the R.N.L.I. can remember when they first became interested in the life-boat service. Certainly nowadays every effort is made in schools all over the country to interest children in the epic... - View image in PDF

RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY..—The Norwegian barque Dronning Sophie was seen to be in distress in Carnarvon Bay, and fast drifting to leeward, while the wind was blowing a whole gale from the N.W., and a very heavy sea was running, on the 7th October...

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The most amazing life-boat story of them all? The cottagers just down the road from where the Louisa was nudging her slow way, inch by inch along Mrs Washford's wall, had come out into the road to see what was going on. A hundred yards...