LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE PRESENTATION of no fewer than 23 medals for gallantry, an exceptionally high number for any one year, provided the central feature of this year's annual general meeting and served as a reminder to the large number of supporters...

Sweet Revenge Please allow me to have sweet revenge on my friend Mr Tony Pearce, who is the auxiliary in charge of St Davids coastguard station.

When I first took over as the honorary secretary of St Davids lifeboat station...

Relief - Trent class Henry Heys Duckworth St Helier lifeboat station played host for the naming ceremony of a relief Trent class lifeboat on the afternoon of 28 April 1996. In weather conditions which made it feel as though it was mid-Summer...

With the official start to the 2015 lifeguard season just around the corner, over 1,300 RNLI lifeguards are being recruited and put through their paces to make sure they’re ready to fulfil their demanding role. They will be patrolling over...

Alan chips in Kind-hearted chip shop owner Alan Smith threw a lifeline to Kessock lifeboat in October when he donated an entire day's takings from his branch of Harry Ramsden's in Inverness. Alan hasn't forgotten that he owes...

North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. At midday on the 17th November, 1962. the North Sunderland coxswain, in the absence of the honorary secretary, told the coastguard that he felt anxious about the fishing vessel Faithful,...

30-mile tow to safety for yacht adrift among rigs The rescue of two people from a yacht kept Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat at sea for 12 hours in winds of up to Force 9 on 28 September 1988. More than nine hours were spent towing the...

Meet some of the people who are getting our new lifesaving services off the ground

Portishead lifeboat has been running as an independent rescue service since The...