LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Eight-year-old Michael Summerfied warms himself with a blanket as he comes ashore after being rescued from his parent's yacht by Whitstable lifeboat - photo Whitstable Times. - View image in PDF

• The first edition of The Small-Boat Skipper's Safety Book by Denny Desoutter (Hollis and Carter, £1.95) was published in 1972. The revised second edition published this year is in the light, no doubt, of after thoughts; but it...

Don Moore and Bill James from Pontypridd branch (pictured left in RNLI jackets) went on a 'sponsored spirit sprint' to Jamesons whisky distillery in the Irish Republic - raising over £1,000 for the... - View image in PDF

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Birthday Honours for RNLI three

Three volunteers who have given decades of service to the RNLI were recognised with MBEs in the Queen’s...

IN Lloyd's List for 4th May appeared the following announcement under " Malvoisin." " Boulogne, May 3.—The Malvoisin, a British ketch plying regularly between London and Calais, was wrecked at 5 a.m. to-day on the shore to...

JULY 26TH. - ARRANMORE, CO DONEGAL. Flares followed by rockets had been reported, but the only vessel found was a trawler which did not answer the life-boat’s signals. - Rewards, £16 2s.

Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...

THE EXPERIENCES of a number of lifeboats in the severe gales last winter led to the appointment in February, 1978 of a working party to examine what more could be done to reduce the dangers facing lifeboat crews in extreme conditions....