LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Even though not a single stroke of tennis could take place because of heavy rain, the Central London Committee's American tennis tournament somehow still managed to raise a remarkable £3,400. One of the alternative attractions was a... - View image in PDF

Moelfre's Tyne class \ifeboatRobertand Violet was called out to the 27ft yacht Moulin Rouge on 12 July 1991. The yacht was in difficulties seven miles NE of Moelfre Island in rough seas and a SSW wind of Force 7 to...

It was with great sadness that the RNLI learnt of the tragic loss of Keith Allday, Harbour Master and RNLI volunteer Coxswain, and Atan Massey, Assistant Harbour Master and RNLI volunteer Helmsman, at Barmouth in April this year. They were... - View image in PDF

Summer is almost here, and RNLI lifeguards on 150 beaches in England and Wales are getting ready for the crowds that will flock to the seaside in the glorious weather (here’s hoping!).

This year, the RNLI will provide...

The Walter and Elizabeth Groombridge Award for the most meritorious rescue by an inshore lifeboat crew in 2009 has been given to Whitstable Helm Jonathan Carter and Crew Members Tony Martin and Henry Thomson. The crew saved the life of a man...

In the five winter months the Institution has awarded 20 medals for gallantry to English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish life-boatmen. The stations which have won them are Maryport, Southend-on-Sea, Tynemouth, and Walton and Frinton in England;...

Newspoint Technology and efficiency Technology moves on apace, and any organisation which seeks to stay effective and efficient must move with it.

Lifeboats are continually developing as new techniques and equipment become...

2 October 2012: RNLI lifeboats from Tynemouth, Blyth and Cullercoats mounted a joint operation to bail out a sinking trawler. Tynemouth Crew Member Ian Black entered the engine room of the badly listing vessel,...