LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

EASTBOURNE.—The Life-boat William and Mary was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 31st August to the assistance of the fishing-cutter Mystery, of Brixham, while a strong S.S.W. wind was blowing accompanied by a rough sea. The vessel had struck on...

The RNLI’s naval engineers are developing a new class of all-weather lifeboat, currently codenamed FCB2 (fast carriage boat 2). The FCB2 will replace the Mersey class lifeboat, and the first is expected on station in 2013.

Hidden Depths:
Women of the RNLI

by Sue Hennessy

Review by Jayne Woods

Gentle, informative and entertaining, Hidden Depths: Women of the RNLI is a charming collection of...

As we plan the rollout of the next generation of crew kit, we review a stylish and practical history of lifeboat looks – from 1824 to the present day

Through driving rain and gale-force winds, our lifeboat crews have been...

MOETE BAY, NQBTH DEVON;—The s.s.

Lynx, of Cardiff, bound from that port to Portreath, with coal, sprang a leak when off Morthoe Point, on the 6th March, and with the view of saving the lives of the crew, the master ran her...

As the Lifeboat went to print, the rescue reports coming in from our lifeboat stations and lifeguard units showed 2013 is set to be one of the busiest Summers on record. People flocked to the coast during the sunny days of July, which was...

AT Spurn Point, on the Humber, on llth July, a tablet on the Life-boat House was unveiled to the memory of the late Mr. S. Crabtree Helm, of Bradford and Ilkley, who left £2,000 to the Institution, as well as a share in the ultimate...

COMMODORE THE RT. Hox. THE EARL HOWE, P.C., C.B.E., V.R.D., R.N.V.R., has been elected Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution to succeed Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E., who recently announced his...