LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Whitby's D Class Inflatable
Whitby's D Class inflatable on the sen/ice referred to by Nick Botham, when she ferried a party of 27 school children and three teachers - who had been cut off by the tide - out to the station's 44ft Waveney.
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Category: Photographs
Simon Peter (2)
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5 mountains, 2 days
Five crew members from Tower Lifeboat Station took on a gruelling challenge in June, climbing the highest mountains in each of the countries the RNLI serves – England (Scafell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis), Wales (Snowdon), Northern Ireland...
Category: Articles
Beyond the limit
Exmouth Helmsman Roger Jackson thought he would never launch a lifeboat again. But now four young men owe him their lives
Exmouth is a popular seaside destination but on the afternoon of 23...
Category: Articles
The Passenger Boat Dale Princess
Passengeryessel on Tee shore in tiny cove During a six-hour service in gale force winds Angle's Tyne class lifeboat The Lady Rank was able to snatch a disabled passenger boat from the foot of 80ft cliffs, saving the lives of the four...
Kenneth William and Mor-Nita
Eleven hour escort TWO COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS, Kenneth William of Brancaster and Mor- Nita of Wells were at sea off Wells on the morning of Friday November 21, 1986 in a north-easterly storm force 10 and in very rough and heavy seas.<...
New For Dartmouth
new FOR DARTMOUTH the establishment of a permanent lifeboat station at Dartmouth, Devon, has come one step closer, with the granting of planning permission for a boathouse.
the River Dart and its estuary are home to 3,400...
Category: Articles
Welcome
Not a dry eye in the boathouse
Lifeboats mean a lot to our volunteers. In this issue we join the emotional Wicklow crew, saying farewell to the last Tyne class lifeboat in the fleet (page 18). It’s time for the much-loved...
Category: Articles
Teymar (8)
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
Race to the rescue
Our lifesavers usually rescue one or a few people at a time – but in May they were called to over 80 swimmers struggling against a powerful tide …
It was a deceptively calm and sunny day on 26...
Category: Articles