LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

As readers of The Lifeboat know, we have for some time been urging on the shipping community the claims of the Institution to their generous support, since it maintains a national service in which they are more directly interested than any...

Newcastle, County Down, in a Force 9 to 10 southeasterly as the station's Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay surfs into the harbour entrance at a speed considerably above that which her designer intended.

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INFLATABLE STEPS IN TO TAKE OVER TOW Heavy seas and poor conditions as D class saves three A service by Port Talbot's D class inshore lifeboat in difficult conditions has led to the award of the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on...

The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, concludes his report from the 1995 International Lifeboat Conference with a look at the development of new lifeboats around the world and initiatives to improve safety at sea There...

Coxswain Yarmouth Arun class lifeboat Bronze medal 28 October 1989 SW winds reached Force 11 during Coxswain Kennett's long and arduous service to a Ro-Ro ferry off Swanage in the Relief Arun class lifeboat Margaret Russell Fraser. Her... - View image in PDF

On station ON-1127(47-019) Babs and Agnes Robertson, The Mumbles, 15 July 2006. ON-1096(47-005)ft/)eMw»e Measures withdrawn ON-1281(16-02) Haydn M/7/er, Tenby, 28 April 2006.

ON-1112(47-010) RFA Sir Galahad withdrawn...

Every four years the lifeboat nations of the world gather at a different venue to share and exchange information and technical expertise.

The 16th Conference was held in early June 1991 at Oslo.

Edward...

TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND LAUNCHES—an average of 1,000 a year and the lives of nearly 11,000 men, women and children saved. This is the proud record of the 16ft (4.88m) D class inflatable lifeboat, preparing to celebrate her silver jubilee in...