LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A competition open to secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls under the age of sixteen for an essay on the subject of the Life-boat Service was held again last year.

The subject set was: "Why does our country need a...

HARTLEPOOL.—On the 23rd December, at about 7 A.M., the brig Berdinkha, of Hartlepool, ran ashore on the North Sands at half tide. When the tide rose, the sea and wind became stronger, and at about 2.30 P.M. three steam-tugs went to her...

10 years ago, we opened our training centre of excellence. A decade on, what difference has RNLI College made?

There’s a small but unusual entry in the Winter 2012 launches feature of the...

Seaham, Durham.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of June, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a boy had been cut off by the tide at Pincushion Rock, Ryhope. Ten min- utes later the life-boat George Elmy was launched. The...

When I mentioned at work that I was going to join Ballycotton lifeboat crew, they were so supportive. They know that I need to go home on the dot on training days. They also know I have to eat half an hour before I leave to ensure I’m not...

Busy first year for Thames lifeboats Thames lifeboats were called out over 800 times during their first year of service. This is almost three times as many as estimated prior to setting up the service on 1 January 2002. Callouts range from...

BY the end of the 1960s it was obvious that a larger lifeboat, which could operate at night was needed. After testing various rigid hull boats, the RNLI chose one pioneered by Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare at Atlantic College, South Wales. The...

At 10 A.M.

on the 25th May information was received stating that a large fishing vessel was ashore on a dangerous reef to the west of the Pentland Skerries, where there is a very rapid tide race.

Although...