LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

'ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING’

I thought you might be interested to know that my painting of the shipping forecast, entitled 'Attention All Shipping', was awarded top prize in a competition run by the British...

With deep regret we record the following deaths: JANUARY 1995 Les Abbot, chairman of Long Eaton branch from 1980 until his death. He was awarded a Silver badge in 1991.

FEBRUARY 1995 David Calvin-Thomas MBE, chairman of...

AT THE MOUTH of the Columbia River on the state border between Oregon and Washington lies Cape Disappointment.

Here, where the great Pacific rollers meet the outrushing river as it disgorges its contents into the ocean, is...

A severed finger, no engine, rough seas: that was the harsh reality a yacht skipper faced off the Devon coast at the end of April. So how would he reach hospital?

‘All we knew when we launched...

JANUARY 17TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.

At 3.53 P.M. the coastguard reported a small tug disabled and drifting in the Wash. A fresh N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather was described as ”arctic.” The motor life...

I was very pleased to include a message in the Winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT last year, and I am delighted to do so again.

I mentioned last year various developments in lifeboat design which were being undertaken, and it is...

In July, chartered surveyor Paul Rocky successfully completed the Avon challenge - a 50 mile row upstream along the Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford - to raise cash for the lifeboats.

• Paul's time (excluding stops)... - View image in PDF

Band spirit Tynemouth lifeboat band, otherwise known as Lenny Park and the Pagers, have been gigging regularly to raise cash for lifeboat coffers.

To date the band has helped Supporters Ashore of the Lifeboat at Tynemouth... - View image in PDF