LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On Tuesday 24 June, Julie Maskell had just arrived for duty in the RNLI Operations room at Poole. She settled into her chair and hoped for a quiet evening. Moments later, at 6pm, she received a call from Arqiva’s control room. As well as...

WHEN the maritime character of this country is considered, and the liability of a large portion of its population to be at one time or another exposed to the " dangers of the seas," surprise maybe well excited at the facts—that but...

BAD times, bad trade and, last not least, bad weather, have all militated against a full measure of success to the efforts and labours of the Life-boat Saturday workers during the past year, but notwithstanding difficulties, often of no...

Left: Launching the rigid inflatable lifeboat from the beach at Ptettenburg Bay. - View image in PDF

SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIBE.—The Herbert Ingram Life-boat was launched at 11.40 P.M. on the 8th of January, and took the master and crew of the smack Pet, of Grimsby, oif to their vessel, which was at anchor about a mile from the Lifeboat Station...

The RNLI has a commitment to the UK and Irish governments to provide a lifeboat service for both countries - that means covering a massive 8,850 miles of coastline up to 50 miles out to sea. In order to provide this search and rescue cover,...

Twin brothers, Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins of Dover (I.) and Coxswain/Mechanic Richard Hawkins of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, met aboard their lifeboats when Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new 44ft Waveney class... - View image in PDF

St. Abbs Life-Boat Towing The Fishing Vessel True Vine. - View image in PDF