LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Youghal, and Ballycotton, Co. Cork, and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 21st of July, 1954, a woman told the Youghal life- boat coxswain that her husband and another man had put out from Youghal on...

It was the day when two of the RNLI's most significant projects crossed paths: the Institution's latest lifeboat was on trial at a unique new facility. Previously, the launching of a Tamar lifeboat on a slipway had only been...

Congratulations Once again RNLI supporters excelled themselves with the Lifeboat Lottery. The spring 2005 Lottery was the RNLI's highest earning Lottery ever, raising over £557,000. Many thanks to all of you who purchased tickets...

Winter days may be short, but the coast is just as beautiful – and often more dramatic – in the colder months. Wrap up warm and get creative with Illustrator Jessica Hogarth

For Jessica, art began at home: ‘My coastal...

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—14th January, 1939. A small sailing boat bound from Leith to Dunbar was overdue.

She took shelter at Cockenzie and the life-boat was recalled by wireless.

—Rewards, £14 11s....

When the honorary secretary of the Pinner branch, Mrs. Carver, visited the Pinnerwood Primary School to empty the collecting box she was greeted withlife-boat song composed by Susan Tublin aged ten, who had trained the choir composed of...

Swamped A 15FT SAILING DINGHY with three people on board had set off for a day's fishing off Flamborough Head on the morning of Sunday September 21,1986. On their return the dinghy capsized just off Smethwick Sands. The crew succeeded in...

Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present

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Shirley recognised at Trearddur Bay

Shirley Rogerson, awarded the British Empire Medal in HM The...