LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The vast majority of supporters and readers of The Lifeboat will know by now that the RNLI celebrated its 175th anniversary on 4 March.

Each one of the 223 lifeboat stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland raised a...

Saved from drowning A 71-YEAR-OLD MAN was out fishing alone in his 9ft wooden dinghy on the afternoon of Monday September 9, 1985.

The weather was fair, there was a moderate south-south-westerly breeze, force 4, with a...

spIRIt Storyteller, boatman and hero Anglesey has seen more than its fair share of difficult rescues. Carol Waterkeyn hears how Margaret O’Leary’s grandfather played a pivotal role This year marks the 80th anniversary of an outstanding...

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When it's 3.00am in the morning, blowing a gale and the crew are WM paged for a shout, they must launch. From the moment they go to F sea, everything possible has been'done to give them the best ecjuiprnent, the best training and the...

KINGSDOWNE;.—A large steamer was reported to be ashore between St. Margaret's Bay and Hope Point on the morningmorning of the 25th November. A stronggale was blowing from the W.S.W., there was a heavy sea, and the weather was thick with...

A stellar acting career and a passion for the sea unite in Celia Imrie’s latest role – and thoughts of lifeboats are never far away

As someone who regularly takes the ferry journey from...

Two lifeboats save six from yacht in storm conditions Aldeburgh and Lowestoft lifeboats were both involved in a long, arduous service in Storm Force winds and extremely heavy seas when they rescued six people from a yacht in the North Sea at...