LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TENDER AND CABIN CRUISER BOTH BREAK DOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 9.35 on the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tender from the Rhyl yacht club had broken down in an attempt to tow in the...

ANOTHER of those maritime disasters has occurred which only too frequently serve to remind us that travelling on the sea is still attended with greater danger than travelling by land.

This time it is a collision between...

St. Ives, Cornwall.—The s.s. Alba was wrecked on the night of the 31st January, 1938, and although capsized, the life-boat rescued eighteen of the crew.—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medals, vellums, letters of thanks, and monetary awards...

Surfing is often a way of life for those brought up by the sea. It’s also become a tool for lifesaving. Claire Vandvik finds out about the joys and the dangers of the waves

Surfers were once dismissed as beach bums but now...

ILBs SAVE 26 ON 7th August, 1971, when a local yacht club was holding a regatta, comprising 126 yachts, the wind was south south west force 4 to 5.

Then, at 12.35 p.m., the whole area was suddenly hit by a heavy squall and...

Dr Muriel McLean, a founder member of Croydon branch (set up in 1960) and an active committee member. At the age of 87 Dr McLean was still organising the branch's flag week and indeed stood on the streets collecting money...

Mrs Gladys Aplin, a flag week helper for Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton ladies' guild from 1954 to 1966 and honorary secretary from then until 1975. She was chairman until 1985 and president until her death. She was awarded a Silver...

Commander Bernard Henry Brown RN(rtd). Basingstoke vice president from 1979 until his death. Commander Brown joined the branch in 1967 and served as a committee member, flag week organiser and factories colfector until 1978. He served as...