LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The gaunt outline of Barrow's slipway and the functional boathouse for the station's Tyne and D class lifeboats dominates the seaward side of Roa Island.

The aircraft is almost over Peel Island, to which a ferry... - View image in PDF

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1996 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 7,272 times (an average of more than 19 launches a day) 1,630 lives were saved (an average of more than 4 a...

Cave campers swamped Six cave campers at Tenby were taken by surprise in the early hours of 5 August, when the tide came in and washed their possessions away. They retreated further into the cave, but soon found themselves in deep water....

Last Autumn’s issue of the Lifeboat introduced the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat FCB2. It is hoped this will evolve into the next generation of carriage-launched all-weather lifeboat, replacing the Mersey class. Unfortunately, the hull shape...

Two 13-year-olds found themselves drifting out to sea in the dark on the evening of 7 September.

Wearing only Summer clothes, they thought they had secured their inflatable dinghy close to the shore near Hove but later...

You can do your bit for the planet while raising funds for the RNLI. Recycle your old mobile phones, printer cartridges and gadgets (such as satnavs and digital cameras) with The Recycling Factory, and the company will make a donation to the...

Silverware, a blue tick and tens of thousands of fans: all signs that supporters like you are enjoying keeping in touch with the RNLI using the internet.

The RNLI's website, relaunched in Summer 2012, recently won Best...

The crew of St Peter Port, Guernsey, 52ft Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold who, on December 13, 1981, in winds gusting to hurricane force rescued 29 people from the Ecuadorian motor vessel Bonita (see page 77). It was a service for... - View image in PDF