LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Chosen for reliability LUCAS The 70 ft boats for the RNLI are each fitted with two 7-inch alternators and control equipment screened and suppressed to comply with BS 1597/1963.

Lucas and CAV supply a full range of...

Coxswain William Johnston, of Stromness, in the Orkneys, died on 3rd February last, at the age of sixty-five.

He had retired only five months before on account of ill health. Appointed Coxswain in 1915, he...

Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF

JANUARY 19TH. - BLYTH, NORTH-UMBERLAND. At about 11 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the rocks close to the east pier.

A strong S.S.E. wind was blowing, with very heavy seas. The motor life-boat...

Alertness and teamwork saves livesSenior Helmsman Gary Barlow was carrying out routine maintenance at the Cleethorpes lifeboat station when he spotted a small fishing vessel to the north side of the Number. On 6 February the fishing boat...

ILB launches on service during the months December, 1973, January and February, 1974 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan December 9, February 17 and March 7.

Beaumaris, Gwynedd December 8 and 30.

Broughty...

AN ALL-TIME RECORD was chalked up in January by Shoreline at the London Boat Show RNLI stand. During the 11 days of the show 907 new members signed on: 25 life governors, 80 governors, 306 family members and 496 ordinary full members. This...

The North West Passage - who was first? I am most concerned to read in The Lifeboat that David Scott- Cowper in the ex-lifeboat Mabel E. Holland carried out the first single handed navigation of the 2,000 mile North West...