LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The RNLI Medina 35's rigid hull, on which the 31in diameter inflatable sponson will be mounted, has a long, fine bow which cuts cleanly through the crests of waves. Her sheer is bold, giving her considerable reserve buoyancy.. - View image in PDF

Again on the 27th October were the noble life-boat Bradford, and her consort, the steamer Aid, taken out on their mission of mercy. This time it was in response to signals of distress from the barque Emilie, of Swinemunde, which had drifted...

DECEMBER 13TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.

At 4.20A.M. a telephone message was received from the naval authorities at Dover, through the Lade coastguard, that three of H.M. tank landing vessels were in...

‘You bet!’ That’s what a group of local lads said when challenged to undertake a gruelling bike ride from Arbroath to Dobbies at Ethiebeaton Park – and back – late last summer. Their combined pedal-power raised a whopping £563, which...

On the 29th January the brig Willie Ridley, of Plymouth, was seen to drag her anchor and drive a considerable distance towards the shore, until she was within a cable's length of the reef of rocks off the Western Beach, the wind blowing...

Chief Inspector of Life-boats THE new 42-feet by 14-feet Watson cabin life-boat, the first of which has now gone to her station at Coverack, Cornwall, is the successor of the 41-feet by 11-feet 8-inches Watson type boat, which first came...

Red flares and a lifeboat alert interrupted the wedding reception of Nick White, a crew member of Weston-super-Mare lifeboat, and Alison Lyall on June 2. Nick's best man, brother Tim, and most of the lifeboat crew were among the guests... - View image in PDF

Cdr Peter Roe, operations room officer, checks a position on the chart while Julie Mannd (I.), assistant boat movements officer, receives a telephone message from a station honorary secretary and Margaret Pearce, operations room assistant,... - View image in PDF