LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...

1. Coxswain/mechanic - Mersey class lifeboat The coxswain is responsible for all decisions om the lifeboat is at sea and for the safety of the boat and its crew. At this station the coxswain is also the full-time mechani has to make sure... - View image in PDF

THE gales of the, past winter brought to London the largest number of life- boatmen who have attended the Annual Meeting to receive their medals since this custom was started in 1913.

Fifteen were invited : Coxswain Patrick...

ON the 4th of August, 1951, the Calais life-boat, Marechal Foch, paid a visit to Dover. She had on board Dr. P.

Drujon, president of the Calais life- boat station, and members of his com- mittee. They were welcomed by...

Mr. Donald Laker, a member of the Weymouth life-boat crew who went overboard to swim to a yacht with a line, has been awarded the bronze medal for gallantry. The thanks of the Institution on vellum have been accorded collectively to the...

THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1, 1982, for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more, has been awarded to: Aberdeen Assistant Mechanic G. Walker Crew Member W. Cowpcr Crew Member F....

Offshore wind keeps inflatable busy Southend-on-Sea South East Division Strong offshore winds kept Southend-on- Sea's D class inflatable busy on 4 April 1988 when it was called out twice in the late afternoon for windsurfers and a...

• WHEN TIM BATSTONE confronted the RNLI with the news that he intended to circumnavigate Great Britain on a sail board and raise money for the Institution, the reaction was decidedly mixed.

Should an organisation so...