LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 25th November, the small life- boat, the Boys', at this place, put off to the help of the schooner Assistant, of Stavanger, which was stranded on the Barber Sands during a strong wind and hazy weather.

She...

At 5.50 p.m. on 25th June, 1969, it was learnt that the fishing vessel Kells Bay was drifting half a mile off shore at Bull head. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a strong south...

The Zetland is the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. She first saw action in 1802 and continued to save lives at Redcar until 1880. Local historian Dave Phillipson, a crew member from 1961-1986, looks at the history of a remarkable...

THE new life-boat station at the Lizard- Cadgwith was formally opened by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, who is himself a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, on the 7th July, 1961. His Royal Highness also named the new...

Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 30th of January, 1956, the weather worsened while three fishing cobles were at sea, and at 2.20 the life-boat E.C.J.R, was launched.

There was a very rough sea, a mod- erate...

COMMODORE THE DUKE OF MONTROSE, K.T., C.B., C.V.O., V.R.D., LL.D., R.N.V.R. - View image in PDF

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Below: Some of the myriad items made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre to turn mflatables into inflatable lifeboats intrigue young visitors.. - View image in PDF

The RNLI's Fleet Of Inshore Lifeboats Do Sterling Service 365 Days A Yea. - View image in PDF