LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Launches of Life-boats.

Total number of launches, including those in which for various reasons no services were rendered - - - - - - - - - 455 Of these launches 280 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack...

RNLI lifeguards spent a week on the Isles of Scilly in September, training a group of locals in surf lifesaving.

The group of 12 can now provide safety cover at the sea-based events that are at the heart of Scillonian life...

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Kite-surfers hit by sudden squall Members of the Littlehampton inshore lifeboat crew were called into action in September 2003 when a group of kitesurfers were suddenly swept across the beach and out to sea by strong offshore windsThe alarm...

VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...

Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, 1975: 47 launches on service FOUR AWARDS FOR GALLANTRYTWO SILVER MEDALS, a bronze medal, a vellum, 47 launches on service, 34 lives rescued, nine vessels saved, 172 hours at sea. Not a record by RNLI...

A welcome that leaves other Boat Show packages in our wake.

A trip to the London International Boat Show, January 6th - 16th 2000, is even better when you make a Hilton or Stakis Hotel your first port of call. The friendly...

It was with great sadness that the RNLI learned of Harry Patch’s death in July at the age of 111.

Harry’s relationship with the RNLI began when he kindly funded a D class lifeboat from the proceeds of his book The last...