LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Euncorn, which had stranded on the...

Twenty rescued CAPE COAST, a 2,650 ton Panamanian cargo vessel, broadcast on Channel 16 VHP at 0327 on Wednesday January 10 that she was in distress and taking water in her engine room; she was 2.2 miles from Nab Tower on a bearing of...

Ox the night of the 26th-27th of November, 1954, storms were raging all over the country, and at the Lizard most of the telephones were out of action and the village was without lighting. Among those whose telephones could not be used was...

(above) Penzance lifeboat Dora saved the crew of Jeune Hortense, a brigantine wrecked off Eastern Green, Penzance, in 1888. - View image in PDF

photograph by courtesy of F. E. Gibson. - View image in PDF

DOVER.—A new life-boat and transporting- carriage have been sent to Dover by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the former boat stationed there being considered to be too small, and not to have sufficient rowing power. The new boat is 32...

My husband and I had a rather unusual experience on 7 August. We were enjoying a really good break, staying at the RNLI’s college in Poole for 3 nights. (Your accommodation is excellent and the food delectable!) On our last morning we walked...

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THE life-boat service broke two records in 1938. Its life-boats were launched to the rescue more often, and they saved or helped to save from destruction more boats and vessels, than ever before in its history of 115 years.