LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A Union Flag jacket was just the thing to make master of ceremonies, Steve Stanton, look the height of sartorial elegance. He wore jacket, made and donated by David and Jenny Ames of Bridlington. - View image in PDF

Tough, Rel able, When rescue services are called out in extremely rough weather conditions, confidence is assured when supported by a lifeboat that's tough & reliable. FBM have been building tough and reliable boats for many years....

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 3.1 on the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was being driven southwards one mile from Portpatrick and needed help. The message was passed...

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire - At 6.30 p.m. on 2nd June, 1967, news was received that the ketch Sea Dawn had engine failure 14 miles north west of the Corsewall lighthouse. The life-boat The Jeanie slipped her moorings at 6.59 in a gentle...

OVER a year after she was first introduced experimentally into the life-boat service, the 48-foot 6-inch Oakley prototype life-boat, The* Earl and Countess Howe, was named and dedicated at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on 26th...

Front cover Lough Swilly crew members aboard relief Tyne class lifeboat Good Shepherd tackle a fire aboard 14m fishing vessel Lady of Portnablagh. Photo © Lough Swilly lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF

Gilly Sapseid and Jenny Bell of the Selsey Runners entered the New York Marathon in November last year to raise money for Selsey lifeboat.. - View image in PDF

VERY CLOSE TO THE SEA are people of the Isle of Man. Set in the Irish Sea almost equidistant between England and Ireland, with Scotland to the north and Wales to the south, not only is the island itself dependent on sea trade but is lies...