LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

John Ware - former Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station Deputy Launching Authority.

With deep regret we record the following deaths JUNE 1989: Eric Offer, coxswain/mechanic of Dun Laoghaire lifeboat from 1967 until his death.

Coxswain Offer was awarded a bronze medal in 1969.

JULY 1989:...

A BAptism By fiRe ANd WAteR At the northernmost tip of mainland Scotland, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean siphon into the North Sea and back again, twice a day, through a churning channel less than 7 miles wide. One new recruit will always...

Stornoway, Orkneys - At 8.30 p.m.

on I2th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the m.f.v. Flower that a member of her crew had severely injured his leg. The...

G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o rm F o r c e Action stations As technology continually improves, so too does the RNLI's ability to save lives at sea.

But every improvement comes at a...

Aground on Goodwins REPORTS OF SHIP'S LIGHTS in the vicinity of East Goodwin Buoy were passed to the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station by Dover Straits Coastguard at 2130 on Saturday December 10, 1977. The East Goodwin...

In Brief MKMBKRS of Backwell branch recently travelled to Cherbourg and back in a day as guests of the P&O ferry company to sell RN LI Volvo draw tickets to passengers. The captains of both the ferries involved, Pride of Cherbourg and...

Storm on the Waters - is the story of the Life-boat Service in the war of 1939-45. The full story cannot be told in the compass of a small book, but if Mr. Vince has had to omit much that we should like to see included, he has given us a...