LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A night rescue operation had its sequel at Portsmouth when the Commanding Officer of a Royal Naval frigate handed over a cheque for £100 to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Frigate, H.M.S. Naiad, was on her way to...

South East Division Speedboat AT 1734 on Bank Holiday Monday, August 1986, the crews of Sheerness' 44ft Waveney and 16ft D class inflatable lifeboats were alerted by the duty officer at the Medway Port Office, following reports from...

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BANFF, SCOTLAND.—A life-boat station has been recently established at Banff, .on the north-east coast of Scotland, in connec- tion with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT' INSTITUTION.

A self-righting boat on' the...

Vellum service LAST QUARTER'S issue of THE LIFEBOAT reported a service on May 25, 1986 by Ramsey lifeboat to three yachts in trouble at the end of Isle of Man's round the island race. The three yachts were towed one after the other...

Capsized tug PILOT CUTTER COXSWAIN Michael Knott was in Lowestoft Bridge Control station when, at 0825 on Monday, August 16, 1976, a radio message was heard on Channel 16 VHP that the harbour tug Barkis had...

Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...

Commitment to fundraising, education and innovation has earned eight RNLI volunteers a place on the 2015 Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Included in the group is Captain Hugh Fogarty (pictured above), whose 30-year career...