LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, ** Norfolk.—At 12.28 P.M. on the 24th October, 1939, a message was received from the senior naval officer through the Gorleston coastguard that...

Each Summer, Londoners Nick Pleydell-Bouverie and Rad Hart-George swap their suits for cyclists’ Lycra and head off on the next stage of their RNLI Tour of Britain

The ambitious idea was...

Deep water 'rocks' sink yacht Donaghadee Ireland Division Donaghadee's Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast was called to an unusual incident on 2 July 1988 when a Mayday call was heard from a sinking yacht at...

RYE, SUSSEX. — At daybreak on the 24th October, 1872, the Urgent, a barge, becoming unnavigable when off Jury's Gap, hoisted signals of distress, and commenced firing minute guns. It was blowing hard from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea was...

Injured climbers rescued from foot of cliffs in heavy surfThe Helmsman of Bude's inshore lifeboat, Micky Sims, has been awarded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two...

After cracking their way through l'/2 inches of ice, members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club in Cirencester took part in a sponsored dive at South Cerney Lakes on Boxing Day in 1981. Eight divers took part and as a result £202.50 was... - View image in PDF

DURING the financial crisis of this autumn, both before and since the General Election, the Institution has received many letters from subscribers which can best be summarized in the words of one subscriber, who, in sending her usual two...

The West coast of Ireland saw a dramatic increase in its number of lifeboats over the last decade-and-a-half - representing the largest number of new stations to be established in such a short space of time this century. Nicholas Leach,...