LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The barque Jane Kilgour, of London, went on the Cross Sands, off this coast, on the 22nd Feb- ruary, and the Caister beachmen proceeded to her in one of their yawls, and endea- voured, by cutting away the masts, to get her off the sands....

THE following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them, by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance...

Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to our RNLI volunteer crew members and fundraisers who have been recognised in HM The Queen's 2013 New Year Honours list:

MBE: Frances Kilner,...

ABEBSOCH, NORTH WALES.—The Mabel Louisa Life-boat was launched, at 2.30 A.M.

on the 29th of April, with much difficulty, the night being very dark, the tide far out, and a very heavy sea breaking on the shore. She proceeded...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Clogher Head, Co. Louth; and Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of May, 1953, the Air Control Officer, Irish Air Corps, at Baldonnell rang up the Clogher Head life-boat station to say that a Seafire aircraft of the Irish...

Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, presenting Alderney Coxswain Stephen Shaw with the first of his two bronze medals.. - View image in PDF

J LIFEBOAT CREW INJURED AS MIZZEN MAST FALLS Six survivors snatched from yacht in Force 9 gale and heavy seas A service to a 50ft yacht by St Peter Port's Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold in atrocious weather conditions resulted in...