LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

This incriminating picture of Rab Rice, Larne lifeboat mechanic, and his 'girlfriend' was taken at the East Antrim Boat Club sponsored swim on Boxing Day 1999.

The event saw 23 swimmers from the boat club, local... - View image in PDF

Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V, with two ambulance crew aboard, takes part in the nighttime filming for the BBC's '999' series. - View image in PDF

Photo Colin Watson. - View image in PDF

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To many people, every lifeboat rescue is an act of heroism, carried out in a tortuous battle against the elements; to lifeboatmen, even the worst conditions are modestly played down...

October 1979 Air Marshall Sir Brian E. Baker, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC, who W3S awarded the silver badge in 1965 and honorary life governorship in 1971. Sir Brian became honorary secretary of St Andrews branch in 1952 and had been a strong...

The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...

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Barrow, Lancashire.—At 4.17 on the morning of the 14th of May, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that the Morecambe Bay light- vessel had asked for the life-boat as a member of her crew was seriously ill.

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THE SOUTH BANK MEETINGS, MAY 13, 1986 Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards Apart from the citations for a silver and two bronze medals which received rapturous applause when they were read out to the audience at the Royal...