LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

With his dive buddy unconscious on the seabed, Luke Corkill faced a split-second decision: should he risk the bends by bringing her up fast, or face handing a body over to RNLI crews?

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REPRESENTATIONS having been made to the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION regarding the crews of its life-boats making claims on owners for rescuing the crews of their wrecked vessels in cases where property of trifling...

I.—DISASTERS AT SEA. THE LIFE-BOAT TO THE RESCUE.

To lie awake listening to the storm,—to hear the rush of the wind, now moaning in the chimney, now thundering at the windows, against which the rain beats and hustles,—to...

THE EARL PERCY M.P., IN THE CHAIR.

1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current year :—(vide next page for this list.) 2.—Moved by GEORGE LYALL...

THE SOUTH EAST coast of England, as was the case during the war, still hears (and sometimes sees) military aircraft belonging to the R.A.F. and the U.S.A.F.

During this summer alone life-boats of the Institution have...

As we plan the rollout of the next generation of crew kit, we review a stylish and practical history of lifeboat looks – from 1824 to the present day

Through driving rain and gale-force winds, our lifeboat crews have been...

Drinking Tea Saves Lives! 80 TEA BAGS No, this is not a new medical discovery.

But it is true, because cverv time an 80-tea bag packet of Lifeboat Tea is sold, four pence is contributed to the Royal National Lifeboat...

ESTABLISHED by Sir William Hillary in 1824 when the seas around the British Isles were crowded with small sailing vessels, fishing and carrying cargoes, the R.N.L.I. was primarily concerned with saving lives from shipwreck. One of the...