LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A tug of war across the river, or for one of these gallant but presumably doomed young competitors, over the river.

This was just one of the ways that pupils from Kings of Wessex School, Cheddar, succeeded in raising... - View image in PDF

Waving, not drowning On 5 September 2005, RNLI lifeguards from Bantham and Sedgewell Cove saved four young canoeists. Bantham lifeguards found two of the children out of their canoes, waving and shouting and another two hanging on to an...

Waving, not drowning On 5 September 2005, RNLI lifeguards from Bantham and Sedgewell Cove saved four young canoeists. Bantham lifeguards found two of the children out of their canoes, waving and shouting and another two hanging on to an...

RNLI national lottery THE TWENTY prizewinners in the RNLI's twenty-sixth national lottery, which raised more than £43,000, were drawn at Poole HQ on Tuesday July 31 by Bill Owen, one of the well-loved 'Last of the Summer...

Thirteen Medals for Gallantry RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY On the 28th August, 1941, determined efforts were made to rescue the crew of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea.

MR. DERRICK H. BAYNHAM was awarded the silver...

On the bar THE SERVICE BY FWLLHELi lifeboat and Criccieth ILB to the yacht Zircon during the early hours of September 1, 1977, was reported in the winter 1977/78 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. Zircon, with four people on board, had run aground...

ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was effected by life-boat from a hovercraft. The hovercraft was the first to be used on public service in this country and operated...

25 Years Ago The following article appeared in the December, 1962, issue of THE LIFEBOAT: First Rescue Ever From a Hovercraft ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was...