LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Medical Evacuation at Islay Islay's Thames class lifeboat was involved in a relatively routine medivac on 4 August 1994 but, routine or not, this account from one of those on the receiving end of a lifeboat service illustrates the...

Some of the lifeboats have taken part in historic events. Plymouth's lifeboat Clemency was present on August 19, 1879, at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of...

Lifeboat crews are sometimes called into action to rescue animals - not least, to keep their human owners safe.. - View image in PDF

Bridlington: On the morning of November 27, 1975, Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King stood by, with drogue streamed, while a coble and ten motor fishing vessels entered harbour. The wind was southerly strong... - View image in PDF

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 5.45 p.m. on 6th October, 1965, a British Railways representative informed the honorary secretary that the mail boat Hibernia was fog bound in Scotsmens Bay. She had been there since 6.30...

Boston Spa ladies guild held an SOS Ball at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate on 27 February to celebrate the RNLI's anniversary.. - View image in PDF

Swanage volunteers were rudely awoken at 5.25am one Sunday. Within just 10 minutes both station lifeboats were alongside a sinking vessel

On 9 October 2010, Swanage lifeboat and shore crews had...

Two private individuals who put out in a boat from a Cornish village after some people had been washed over the harbour wall have both been accorded the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum. They are Mr. Terence Sawyer and Mr. Frank...