LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Isle of Man and will always be synonymous with the RNLI, for it was here in Douglas Bay during the early part of the last century that Sir William Hillary, the founder of the RNLI, witnessed at first hand, the plight of seafaring...

When a trawler hit propeller problems in force 9 winds and high seas, it took the skill and bravery of two lifeboat crews to bring the fishermen back to safety

On the belts, in the pockets and...

Like father, like son A remarkable and honourable tradition is being carried on in the Keay family of Grayburn, near Invergowrie.

Captain T. A. Colin Keay is a member of the Committee of Management and chairman of Dundee...

Far left: Mrs Jane Turnbull names Ramsgate's new Atlantic 75 Bob Turnbull.. - View image in PDF

MARCH 11TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.

Distress signals had been seen five miles east of Newton, but no vessel could be found. - Rewards, £14 3s..

In October, volunteers from Conwy Lifeboat Station were presented with a cheque for £1,721.20 by pupils from Ysgol Aberconwy. The children at the local secondary school, which sits on the banks of the River Conwy, chose the RNLI as...

Barrow, Lancashire ; Maryport, Cumberland; Ramsey, and Douglas, Isle of Man, October 19th.—On the 18th October the s.s. Esbo, of Helsingfors, left Preston in ballast for Finland. Bad weather was encountered, and the Esbo got into...

PORTHDINLLAEN.—The schooner Emperor, of Beaumaris, bound from Cork for Port Dinorwic, in ballast, showed a signal of distress while lying at anchor in the bay during a strong N.E. wind, and a heavy sea, on the 2nd November. The Life-boat,...