LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

COXSWAIN John King of Bridlington has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry for a service described in the official report as 'long, frustrat- ing and hazardous'. At the end of it the life-boat saved the life...

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North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. At midday on the 17th November, 1962. the North Sunderland coxswain, in the absence of the honorary secretary, told the coastguard that he felt anxious about the fishing vessel Faithful,...

Presentation of Prizes in Greater London.

THE challenge shield and individual prizes won by Greater London schools in the Life-boat Essay Competition this year were presented by Major- General the Right Hon. J. E....

ON 2nd January a broadcast of a launch of the motor life-boat at New Brighton, was given in the North Regional programme. The firing of the maroons, the orders of the cox- swain and the sounds of the life-boat leaving New Brighton stage were...

Stranraer: The station's 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat was on exercise on the morning of Sunday September 9, 1984, when it became clear to the crew that a specially converted Volkswagen Beetle needed towing to safety after it had... - View image in PDF

The Institution has approved a proposal to build a new life-boat station at Selsey, Sussex, a quarter of a mile nearer the shore than the existing station. Competitive tenders have been invited. The work will involve the construction of a...

DURING March and April two vessels were wrecked on the Shetland Islands.

They were both vessels sailing from Aberdeen. One was a trawler, the Ben Doran, and, in spite of courageous efforts to rescue her crew, all were...