LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SERVICE THE following impressions of the Finnish Life-boat Society obtained on a recent visit to Finland are contributed by Lt-Commander The Hon. Greville Howard, VRD, RNR, a vice-president of the RNLI.

He writes:...

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...

Clogher Head, Co. Louth; and Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of May, 1953, the Air Control Officer, Irish Air Corps, at Baldonnell rang up the Clogher Head life-boat station to say that a Seafire aircraft of the Irish...

Would you ask people to risk their lives for an old set of spark plugs? Last year our lifeboat crews answered 2,608 distress calls.

In some cases they risked their lives to rescue people from pleasure craft that had broken...

Fishing boat missing A SMALL FISHING BOAT missing, believed to be in the Loch Shell area, was reported to the honorary secretary of Stornoway lifeboat station at 0010 on Thursday, September 9, 1976.

The weather was cloudy...

Wraysbury Lake Sailing Club has traditionally held a series of three days of dinghy racing in aid of the RNLI. but last year, getting more ambitious, it staged a regatta during the whole of August Bank Holiday weekend. There were 60... - View image in PDF

Facts and Figures In 1986 the RNLFs lifeboats launched 3,641 times (an average of over nine times each day) and saved 1,398 lives (an average of over three people rescued each day).

Over 44 per cent of all services carried...

Facts and Figures In 1987 the RNLI's lifeboats launched 3706 times (an average of over 10 times each day) and saved 1474 lives (an average of over 4 people rescued each day).

Over 35 per cent of all services carried out...