LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

You should raise your hat to Mrs. Monnie Clements—but if you haven't got one, she will be only too pleased to provide it. A few months ago Mrs.

Clements, secretary of the Shanklin branch of the Royal National Lifeboat...

At/antic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat B539 is stationed at Brighton. Note that her helmsman is steering with his left hand, keeping his right on the throttles.. - View image in PDF

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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 15th day of March, 1884, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, KG., in the Chair, the...

Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...

• The quality of lifeboat station histories seems to improve steadily. A recent outstanding example is The Men of The Mumbles Head by Carl Smith (J. D. Lewis and Sons, Gower Press, Llandysul, Dyfed, £3.50).

Mr Smith,...

The war in Europe ended at one minute after midnight of May 8th., and the last launch of a life-boat was one minute before the end. An mdei- vatei explosion, either torpedo or mine, had blown up a Norwegian minesweeper, one of four, fifteen...