LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Troon, and Girvan, Ayrshire.—14th January, 1938. An aeroplane was missing, but it had come down on land near Largs. The owners made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards : Troon, £15 9s.; Girvan, £13 2s. 6d..

Not long after the lifeboat had returned, at 1815. a message came to Torbay station honorary secretary from Brixham Coastguard that something was amiss in mid channel. Coxswain Curnow and Motor Mechanic Stephen Bower were alerted and at 1914...

A NEW type of life-boat, known as the Oakley type, came into the service of the Institution in the summer of 1958.

She is 37 feet in length and has a beach weight of 9.12 tons. She is, therefore, light enough to be...

The RNLI’s new Chief Executive Paul Boissier has been in post since September 2009. He tells the Lifeboat: ‘This job is all about stewardship.

In time I’ll need to hand over the charity in as good a shape as it is today....

THE LOSS of Penlee lifeboat and her crew stunned people throughout Great Britain and Ireland and thousands of messages of sympathy from many parts of the world were received by the bereaved families. Before she was lost, the lifeboat Solomon...

THE Federation of British Industries has sent to the Institution a cheque for £817 2s. 10d., being half the net proceeds of the Gala Presentation of British films on 5th November of last year, which was arranged for the benefit of the...

JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....

Newcastle, Co. Down. At 4.30 p.m.

on 30th June, 1965, three persons on a raft were reported by the coastguard to be drifting seaward off Tyrella beach.

There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...