LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On 14 October, Sarah Halls, Eastern regional manager, presented the Berkhamstead branch with the ICFM Professional Fundraising Award.. - View image in PDF

James Vaughan is the RNLI’s new Corporate Services Director, taking over from Ian Ventham who retired in August after 18 years with the charity. Promoted internally from Head of Fundraising and Communications Services, James is now...

The new Cromer life-boat, of the 46-ft. Watson cabin type, with steering amidships Built in 1945. - View image in PDF

LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...

DURING the south-westerly gales of ex- traordinary violence, which burst over the south-west and south of England in the second week of July, and lasted for two or three days, eight Life-boats along the south coast were launched, and three...

Membership survey LAST YEAR questionnaires were sent to 2,000 Shoreline members in a survey which aimed to find out more about membership to help future recruiting.

Over 1,000 completed forms were returned and analysed by...

Barmouth.—At midnight, on the 25th of July last, the smack, Ann and Catherine, of Barmouth, stranded on the bar off that place, the wind blowing a gale from W. S. W. at the time. At 2 A.M. the Barmouth life- boat, belonging to the National...

SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWBIGGIN FEBRUARY 4TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the night of the 3rd of February, 1940, the Belgian motor vessel Eminent, of Antwerp, with a crew of nine men, was on her way to Newcastle-on-Tyne.