LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Behind the scenes, a lifeboat station mechanic must be both meticulous and creative to keep the service running – and his fellows safe

Mark Blatcher is poring over wiring diagrams. He’s trying...

The Government Seaplane No. 11, whilst flying from Sheerness to Harwich on the 1st April dropped into the sea when about four miles W.S.W. of Clacfcon. Instructions were given for the Life-boat Albert Edward to proceed to her assistance, and...

Mrs Sheila Harrison, honorary secretary of the Leicester branch, names Redcar's Atlantic 21 Leicester Challenge. (Photo Ron Sutheran). - View image in PDF

In for the long haul The yacht Paka’a was returning across the Channel from Cherbourg, on the evening of 27 May 2007, when her auxiliary engine began to fail The weather was appalling – against the 50–60 knot headwinds and torrential rain,...

THE French Government has awarded its silver medal of the first class and diploma to the late leuan Bateman, who lost his life when the St. David's life-boat went to the help of the French trawler Noire Dame de Fatima on the 8th of...

Fleetwood: The D class inflatable lifeboat (above), given in memory of the late Miss Constance Mary Hardman, former head teacher of High Bank Nursery School, Pendlebury, by her sister Mrs P. T. Metcalfe and by the staff and pupils from the... - View image in PDF

COVER PICTURE Arun 54-03 rounding Portland Bill on passage to Plymouth: the third boat in her class, she is the 37th lifeboat donated by the Civil Service and Post Office Fund. Her hull is cold moulded wood, with a double bottom and wing... - View image in PDF

R.N.L.I. rely on Mermaid T THE NEW ROTHER CLASS LIFEBOATS, as those already in service like the Margate Lifeboat shown here, rely on Mermaid diesel engines for continuous trouble-free power in every emergency. You need reliability too, so...