Remembering Craig Steadman
Over the past year, volunteers and supporters at Holyhead and Barmouth Lifeboat Stations have been working tirelessly to fund a new lifeboat in memory of Craig Steadman. Craig, a Holyhead crew...
Category: Obituaries
At midday on 2 January 2002, RNLI lifeboats became operational on the River Thames. For the first time, the capital has a 24-hour dedicated rapid response service on its river. There are four lifeboat stations, at Gravesend, Tower Pier,...
Category: Articles
aunhtinastorm As high winds and torrential rain caused chaos across Britain on 7 July 2004, two people on their yacht faced storm force conditions 35 miles south of The Lizard, CornwallLaunching The Lizard Tyne class lifeboat was tricky in...
Not just boats, you know The cover picture from your winter 2001/02 issue of the Lifeboat showed one of our squadron helicopters, Callsign Rescue 193, operating with a Severn class lifeboat. Inside you incorrectly identified this as an RAF...
Category: Correspondence
NARROW SHAVE ON COD ROCKS PEOPLE at Tre-Arddur Bay, Anglesey, on 2nd September, 1971, saw a dinghy capsize about 50 to 100 yards south west of Cod Rocks. Maroons were fired immediately and at 4.50 p.m. the ILB was launched from Forth...
New Brighton New Brighton's new purpose-built lifeboat station was officially opened by the Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Mike Cooke, on 28 April 1990 in beautiful spring weather.
The building replaces a prefabricated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Plymouth Motor Life-Boat (The Aberdeen Life-Boat is a Sister Boat). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ILB launches on service during the months March, April and May, 1974 Aberdovey, Gwynedd April 12 and 28, May 12.
Abersoch, Gwynedd April 7, 13 and 26, May 7 and 17.
Aberystwyth, Dyfed April 1, May 12 (2)...
Category: Services