LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MR. GRANT UDEN has achieved the con- siderable feat of telling the story of the life-boat service in a book of less than ninety pages, which yet includes numer- ous photographs of life-boats, a map of life-boat stations, several charts and...

RAMSGATE AND DEAL.—On the 25th August, at about 3 A.M., signals were shown from the Gull Light-ship, and the Ramsgate Life-boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, and the Van Kook Life-boat, stationed at Deal, proceeded to the Goodwin...

Sir William Arnold, Guernsey's new 52' Arun lifeboat, was named by HRH the Duchess of Kent at St Peter Port on May 23; it was the first visit made by the Duchess to Guernsey—on a day of sun and showers she was warmly welcomed by the... - View image in PDF

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Early in 1945 the German U-boats renewed their attacks on shipping close to the British coasts and one of the first ships to suffer was an American steamer which was torpedoed off South Wales. She was taken in tow, but broke away in a gale...

Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakersTwo Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in the rescue of 17 people from a 75ft yacht...

ON 21st January, 1937, an aeroplane, G—AELT, with two men on board, left Liverpool for Belfast at ten in the morning. She did not arrive. A southerly wind was blowing, varying from a fresh breeze to a strong gale.

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The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...