LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Pendine

3-PEAK SUMMIT FOR THE RNLI

In June, Shelley Phillips from Pendine raised an impressive £445 completing the National Three Peaks Challenge for the RNLI. The challenge calls for mountaineers...

Thursday, Jan. 3, 1856.—THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.

Head and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting, and those of the Finance, Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com- mittees.

THE " Abstracts of the Shipping Casual- ties which have occurred on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year ended 30th June, 1896," have recently been issued by the Board of Trade, and are of the deepest interest,...

Sea trials of the prototype Shannon class lifeboat are underway. She is pictured here proving her ability to selfright.

This new all-weather lifeboat class, due to go into service next year, will be powered by waterjets,...

In for the long haul The yacht Paka’a was returning across the Channel from Cherbourg, on the evening of 27 May 2007, when her auxiliary engine began to fail The weather was appalling – against the 50–60 knot headwinds and torrential rain,...

For the young adventurer

School Ship Tobermory by Alexander McCall Smith Twins Ben and Fee MacTavish, who are nearly 13, are all set to join the school ship Tobermory, where youngsters from all over the world learn to...

A helicopter from the US Coast Guard cutter Dallas carried out an air-sea rescue demonstration with Poole's Brede class lifeboat Inner Wheel in Poole harbour on 2 June 1994.. - View image in PDF

Three anglers were about a mile out to sea in a 5m pleasureboat in Hartlepool Bay on Sunday 21 September. With their fishing rods poised for a bite, they were hoping for a good catch.

But their mood changed when the wind...