LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In the early hours of the morning, a man clung on for dear life, shivering in the near-freezing, fast-flowing river. Would rescuers be able to reach him in time? Rory Stamp reports

It was 10 January 2009 and a man was seen...

The Whitby Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Leaving The Barge After Rescuing The Crew of Four The Whitby Motor Life-Boat Is at The Entrance To The Harbour. - View image in PDF

DUNMORE EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—The Life-boat Henry Dodd was launched at 10 A.M. on the 21st February and rendered assistance to the Norwegian brigantine Augvold by leading her over the bar into the harbour. Two of the Life-boat men •were put...

Coxswain Peter Thomson aboard The White Rose of Yorkshire in her pen. Moored on vertical sliding moorings, with low friction fenders, she rises and falls with the tide. - View image in PDF

Boarding is by vertical ladder.. - View image in PDF

branch and guild members have met the challenge with their usual enthusiasm, sheer hard work—and success.

Perhaps the most important statistic of all is the number of lives rescued in the past ten years: almost 12,500. That...

FEBRUARY 7TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. The steamer Anu, of Esthonia, had sunk after being mined, and some survivors had landed at Buddon Ness, but the life-boat searched for others without result. - Rewards, £6 12s..

THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Walter Crowther, of Plymouth.

He was appointed in 1939 after having served for more than nine years as second coxswain. In 1942 Coxswain Crowther was awarded the bronze medal for...

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