LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Queen Mother at the wheel of the Thurso life-boat, The Three Sisters, after the naming ceremony last year.

With her is Coxswain Gilbert Reid. The harbour scene shows the ceremony in progress and the 48-foot 6-inch... - View image in PDF

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THE Annual Report for the United States Coastguard for the year ending 30th June, 1915, indicates a new arrangement by which, in accordance with the passage of the Coastguard Act...

DURING 1934 the coastguard organiza- tion was required to take action (sometimes only of a precautionary nature) in the case of 797 vessels observed or reported to be in distress, in difficulties, or overdue, off the coasts of Great Britain...

Bangor, Co Down: The scene at the waterfront when, on Friday June 15, the dedication of the station's new D class inflatable lifeboat took place together with the official opening of the lifeboathouse recently built by North Down Borough... - View image in PDF

ON the night of 26th October, 1936, the Latvian steamer Helena Faulbaums, of Riga, was caught in a sudden very severe storm near Jura Sound on the west coast of Scotland. The weather was very thick, with rain showers, and the sea was very...

When one MUST lead For the tough, tricky work of inshore rescue only the best in performance and the utmost in reliability are good enough.

That is why the Volvo Penta Aquamatic petrol and diesel engines fitted to the fast...

ENGRAVED CRYSTAL GLASS LIFEBOAT TANKARDS Profiles of some of RNLI's offshore fleet, strikingly engraved on half or one pint Crystal Glass Tankards. Order individually or as sets, selecting the craft of your choice from the illustrations...

See for yourself how our crews and lifeguards are trained and prepped to save lives at sea with a behind-the-scenes tour of RNLI College.

College discovery tours are run at 11am and 2.30pm from Monday–Thursday, at 11am and...