LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 12TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At 5.30 at night it was reported that the Flamborough motor fishing coble Pioneer, which had been due back at three o’clock, had not returned.

A strong...

There are many types of volunteer at the RNLI – including Stuart Popham, who has taken up the role of chair. So who is the man at the helm of the charity?

Chairing a charity is quite a commitment – why did you choose to...

Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — On the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1951, the Southend coastguard reported a message received from the naval authorities that the frigate Loch Fada, towing the L.C.T. Stalker, south-east of Sanda, found...

NOVEMBER 12-13TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A south-westerly gale was blowing with a rough sea, and many vessels, held up by the gale, were in danger to the windward of Southend pier. The motor lifeboat, Greater London (Civil Service No....

AT a number of places round the coast wreaths were cast on the sea on llth November, in memory of men who lost their lives at sea during the war.

At Southwold, Suffolk, following the service in the parish church, the Mayor...

EXTRACT PROM A LETTER FROM THE IMPERIAL MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD.

15th June, 1916.

To The Secretary, Royal National Life-Boat Institution.

DEAR SIR, I have the pleasure to...

AFFINITY WITH The Royal Bank of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? IF you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to Fund the RINLI with every transaction you make.

As the evening approached at Aberavon Beach on the south Wales coast, the RNLI lifeguard team were packing up their kit – but their work was not over for the day …

Sun and sand had attracted...