LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Freedom of Swansea The officers, committee and crew of The Mumbles lifeboat station were honoured with the Freedom of the City of Swansea on April 23, 1987, when the Lord Mayor of Swansea, Councillor Mrs Lilian Hopkin, presented the freedom...

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....

LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At eight in the evening of the 2nd September, 1942, a visitor reported that several people could be heard shouting for help beneath the cliffs to the east of the harbour. A light westerly wind was blowing, but the sea was...

Partners at the Show More than 10,000 people queued at the RNLI stand at the Southampton Boat Show in September 2004. They were able to see the technology used to save lives at sea on a Severn class lifeboat.

Two of the...

Communities have naturally evolved on the coast due to their very proximity to the sea and the riches it brings. However, fluctuating demand, depleting natural resources and the discovery of new ones, have meant that coastal peoples have had...

The chief of operations has written to the Commissioners of Irish Lights thanking the keeper and crew of the Kish Bank lighthouse for their assistance during a five-hour search for a yacht in difficulties. Without their help it might have...

In May we recognised our volunteers', supporters' and fundraisers' outstanding achievements at our Annual Presentation of Awards

HRH The Duke of Gloucester was the RNLI Guest of...

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, and Anstruther,, Fifeshire.—At 7.30 in the evening of the 26th of September, 1948, the Musselburgh police telephoned to the Dunbar life-boat station that a sailing boat with five boys on board had been driven out to...