LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Coxswain John MacLeod, of Thurso, Caithness-shire, who a year ago won the Institution's bronze medal for rescuing two exhausted Norwegians from a ship's raft, when it was within 200 yard* of the rocks in a heavy sea, has now been...

Saved on the edge of operating conditions Two Vellums awarded to Torbay crewTwo Torbay lifeboatmen, Helmsman Nigel Crang and crew member Simon James have been awarded the the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum for saving the lives of three young...

21st century stations The RNLI’s Shoreworks team is continuing to update lifeboat stations around the UK and RoI, thanks to your support.

In Hoylake, Merseyside, a £2M appeal has been launched to raise funds for a new...

Mini Thistle Feeder Pre-filled with .Vigyr Seed, a tin . Mack seed knmi'tt ax the 'goldfinch magnet"- nady to hang and just £6.95 for three! Woodville HangingTable just one QftaarSO-fttdtT range, this combines a stainless...

Galvvay Bay - At 20 minutes past midnight on 22nd April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a young man had been seriously injured in a fall from a motor scooter, and the doctor had requested the use of the life-boat to...

Epic rescue at RosslareA French trawler with five crew was drifting without power 14 mites south of Tuskar Rock Lighthouse on the south coast of Ireland so the Arun class Mabel Williams slipped her moorings at 2.37pm on 5 November...

ILeftl Launching at New Quay in 1946 This 35ft Liverpool class lifeboat was built at a cost of £961 and named William Cantrell Ashley, one of five lifeboats to be provided out a legacy of Charles Can Ashley, of Mentone, in... - View image in PDF

AT the invitation of the Admiralty, two Life-boats took part in the Commemora- tion on the Thames, on Monday, the 4th August. The Procession Committee having expressed a preference for power- boats rather than for the typical pulling- boats,...