LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Station-by-station lifeboat launches for June and July 1998 Aberdeen Arun; Jul 4, 25 and 26 D Class: Jun 29. Jul 4 (twice), Jul 14 and 26 Abersoch Atlantic 21; Jun 9, Jul 18, 20 and 23 Aberystwyth Atlantic 75 Jun 9. 14 (twice), 20, 21 and...

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...

D class named at Angle Ethel Clark, tireless RNLI fundraiser achieved a lifetime's ambition when she officially named Angle's lifeboat Isabella Mary on the 22 September.

The lifeboat was funded by the legacy of the... - View image in PDF

The very last Waveney class lifeboat in the RNLI fleet, Margaret Graham, sailed from her mooring at Amble lifeboat station on 24 July under the helm of her retiring coxswain, Rodney Surge MBE, to take up a new role as pilot boat for Whitby... - View image in PDF

Jill Gatti (centre) founder of the bridge Charity Challenge Cup with Christine Duckworth of Better Bridge in Britain (right) and Vanessa Lowe, marketing executive of Sunsail, at the joint handing over and dedication... - View image in PDF

The Countess of Airlie takes a trip on Inchcape after her naming ceremony accompanied by The Earl of Airlie, Andrew Cubie, Capt W. A. Davidson (Station Honorary Secretary), Commodore George Cooper (RNLI Chief of Operations) and Lt John... - View image in PDF

HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, aboard the relief Mersey class lifeboat Royal Shipwright after her naming ceremony at Greenwich. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF

PLANKING OF THE HULL being finished, work can begin on building up the inside structures of the boat. First the way is cleared by stripping out the temporary building frames. They will be replaced by the four marine plywood bulkheads which,...