LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in Lantivet Bay, about three miles from Fowey...

Tom Jenkinson, coxswain of the Filey lifeboat from 1967 to 1980.

Tom first joined the Filey lifeboat crew in 1947 and became bowman in 1959. He was appointed second coxswain in 1963.

MARCH 1 S T . - FILEY, AND FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two steamers, one Latvian and the other Norwegian, had been attacked by German aeroplanes.

Nothing could be found of the Latvian steamer, and the Norwegian got into...

This raggedy looking band of players are the Syzewell Gap Mummers who perform their play in pubs in the Aldeburgh area each year over Christmas to raise money for the lifeboat service. In 1986 they collected £90 in just two nights from... - View image in PDF

The Robsons of North Sunderland.

By Mr. M. R. Norris, Honorary Secretary of the North Sunderland Station.

THERE have been Robsons in the life- boats at North Sunderland for at least ninety-seven years,...

Thirty odd years ago it was my duty and my privilege to act as escort to Sir Godfrey Baring, K.B.E., then Chairman of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, on his frequent visits to the North West District and, at a later period, to...

Stromness On the afternoon of Thursday August 22, 1985, morning rain had given way to sunshine and the earlier buzz of conversation blending with music from the Salvation Army Band and the movement of people around Stromness harbour was...

When a January storm savaged a sail training crew and their yacht, a lifeboat headed to their aid – but in these violent conditions, what could the RNLI volunteers do to help?

Keen sailor...