Lifeboats (Shire Albums)

For two hundred years lifeboat crews have never wavered in their courageous efforts to save those in peril at sea. The lifeboat service today maintains that tradition and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is constantly striving to improve the lifeboats it operates. This book traces the history of lifeboats and the lifeboat service in Britain. There is a gazetteer of operational lifeboat stations in Great Britain and Ireland, where modern lifeboats can be seen, and a list of lifeboat museums where the history of the service is brought alive. About the authos Nicholas Leach has a long-standing interest in lifeboats and the lifeboat service. He has written many articles, books and papers on the subject, including a detailed history of the origins of the lifeboat service. He is editor of the Norfolk and Suffolk Lifeboat Research Group's Newsletter.