LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 7th October, at about 1 A.M., a steamer, which proved to be the s.s. Idlewild, of Sunderland, coal-laden from the Tyne for London, appeared to have run aground on the north part of the Barber Sand. The coxswain of the Life-boat...

Coxswain Seamus McCormack of Rosslare Harbour joined the crew in 1973 and served as Second Coxswain from 1977 until his appointment as Coxswain in 1987.

In 1979 he was awarded a bronze medal in recognition of the courage,... - View image in PDF

This series of descriptive articles on visits to life-boat stations was begun by Margaret Peter. It is being continued by Stephen Mogridge, who writes about Plymouth in the first of his contributions.

WITH the Navy watching...

Welcome! Between the crew of Cromer lifeboat station and our station Ijmuiden a friendship has flourished for some years. This culminated in a visit of our lifeboat Johanna Louisa to Cromer from May 8 until May 11.

The...

The RNLI's fleet of inshore lifeboats do sterling service 365 days a year - but who is responsible for the creation of such trusted workhorses? The volunteers so rightly renowned for their skill and bravery in saving lives at sea rely...

THE first life-boat to be fitted with diesel engines was completed in 1936, and since 1952 diesel engines have been installed in all new life-boats. Never- theless, there are still an appreciable number of life-boats in the fleet which have...

THE discussion in the Press and elsewhere which followed the Rye disaster showed that the public was very far from understanding the relative merits of self-righting Life-boats and of those which do not self-right, or the reasons which...

AT 11.30 on the morning of the 16th January, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Galway Bay life-boat station, Father Joseph McNamara, was told by the Galway harbour master that the coaster June of Rotterdam was aground on the reefs off...