LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Skegness is a holidaymaker's town with tourism being by far the main industry. The winter population of just 15,000 rises to around 170,000 during the summer bringing major traffic problems - which can badly delay the crew on their way...

JANUARY Launches 32. Lives rescued 76.

JANUARY 3RD. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.

At 9.10 P.M. the naval officer in charge telephoned that R.A.F. high-speed launch No. 124 was somewhere off...

THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is a much- coveted distinction, only bestowed for deeds of exceptional valour, was awarded in April to the REVEREND JOHN M. O'SHEA, parish priest of Ardmore, Co. Waterford...

Our coastlines may appear as fi rm lines on a map but they are constantly changing. A European Commission report in 2004 stated that over 17% of the UK and nearly 20% of the RoI coastline is eroding, challenging the very existence of some...

TO OUTLINE ALL the work of the Medical and Survival Committee would take too long, so the following paragraphs will contain accounts of activities selected because they are likely to be of general interest and, where necessary, explanations...

Lady Hamilton would have approved! Bucklers Hard Boat Builders offer a comprehensive facility that includes a full repair & maintenance, custom build facility (power & sail), mobile crane up to 35 tons, summer & winter...

THREE minutes before two in the morn- ing of 23rd January. 1939, the honorary secretary of the St. Ives life-boat station was rung up by the district officer of coastguard, who told him that a vessel was in a dangerous position two miles N.N...

The RNLI's Rescue Survey - where people who have been rescued are given the opportunity to comment on the circumstances - is producing useful information both for the lifeboat service and for passing on as part of the Sea Safety...