LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...

With a yacht pinned to rocks in 60mph winds and driving rain, Tobermory lifeboat crew would need to quickly overcome some hurdles to save the four people onboard

The 2018 summer heatwave took a dramatic turn at the end of...

141 hour service in severe gale A MESSAGE FROM THE YACHT Coronade to the Sunk Pilot Cutter, saying that a red flare had been sighted southward, in the direction of the Long Sand, was intercepted by Walton Coastguard at 1621 on Sunday,...

Malcolm MacDonald joined Stornoway lifeboat crew in 1964, he became motor mechanic in 1967 and was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1979. He was awarded the silver medal in 1980.. - View image in PDF

James Jane, coxswain of Cadgwith lifeboat from 1957 to 1963. He joined the crew in 1921 and served as second coxswain from 1946 to 1956..

The Relief fleet Tyne class lifeboat Mariners Friend on the River Medina during the naming and dedication ceremony held at Cowes Base on Wednesday 20 September 1989. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF

Cuthbert "Cubby" Cornell, coxswain of Blackpool lifeboat from 1955 until his retirement in 1964. He joined the crew in 1923, and was second coxswain from 1947 to the end of 1954..

Sally Trewren, the 12-year-old daughter of ex-Coxswain Norman Trewren, whose book funded the lifeboat, names Aberdeen's new D class with a radio microphone recording her every word.. - View image in PDF