LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 1 A.M. on the 4th November it was reported that a schooner was in distress near Gribbin Head and wanted assistance. The Life-boat James William and Caroline Courtney was launched and proceeded to the position indicated, where she...

Soul searching There was extensive national and local TV, radio and press coverage in March of the painful unfolding story of a family lost to the sea at Scarborough. After an 11-year-old boy was swept off the front and his family attempted...

Wick, Caithness-shire; Cromarty, Cromartyshire; Whitehills, Banffshire, and Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—25th February. An SOS was picked up by Wick Radio Station, but no casualty was found, although each life-boat searched a separate...

Lerwick, Shetland - The life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth slipped her moorings on 15th March, 1969, to go to the assistance of three Norwegian fishing vessels. A full report of this service, for which each member of the life-boat crew...

Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF

RNLI Andy Huggelt: 2nd coxswain ana deputy mechanic. Eastbourne lifeboat.

He'll face 30ft waves, force 9 gales and sub-zero temperatures.

All you face is an application form.

Every...

Happy families There are no prizes for spotting the most recent change to our advertisement for enrolment into the RNLI Membership Scheme. There is no need for 'Family Membership' now, as children can become Storm Force members in...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept hi roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...