LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE INSHORE LIFEBOAT D class Thomas Campbell D-447 (relief fleet) Funding: Legacy of Mr Edwin Ramsden THE CREW Helmsman David Maguire (pictured top) Crew Members (pictured bottom L-R): Simon Gulliver, Lorraine Calvin, Sinead Casey WEXFORD...

Dear Editor I had loads of fun taking photos of Paddington while on holiday in Italy – although others on the beach thought me a little ‘eccentric’ to say the least. Best regards Mick Parker Competition Winner. - View image in PDF

A touch of brass can lead to so much more The names of RNLI boats give tantalising hints of their origin. Here, Carol Waterkeyn takes the rare opportunity to meet the man behind one such name When news of a legacy arrives at RNLI...

Aith: (I. to r.) Coxswain Kenneth Henry, Dr Margaret Shimmin, who is chairman of the branch and also honorary medical adviser, and Second Coxswain William Anderson, headmaster of the local school.

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IT comes daily from all parts of the British Isles, and not a week passes without bringing some gift from over- seas. It comes in all forms, from cheques and postal orders, to boxes of coins and packets of foreign stamps for the Institution...

1977: Some of the present ILB crew and branch members with their training board: (I. to r.) Jim Graham, DLA, Senior Helmsman Colin Akitt, Crew Members Derek Wilson, Robert Bell, Dick Jordan and George Ritchie, and George Egdell, honorary... - View image in PDF

DURING March and April two vessels were wrecked on the Shetland Islands.

They were both vessels sailing from Aberdeen. One was a trawler, the Ben Doran, and, in spite of courageous efforts to rescue her crew, all were...

IT is doubtful whether any other life-boat station in the British Isles could claim such a beginning. For the Lytham-St. Anne's station, in Lancashire, which is responsible for a conventional life-boat, an IRB, a tractor and two boarding...