LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

We’re very sorry, but at the time of going to print, we were having technical difficulties with gathering the list of launches. This means we are unable to print the list in the usual way this time. We’re very sorry for any inconvenience.<...

CBBC’s new TV show Hero Squad is essential viewing for children who dream of going to the rescue one day. Three of the episodes focus on what it’s like to be an RNLI lifesaver.

A group of 12–14-year-olds came to RNLI...

A new pilot scheme created by the RNLI aims to keep sea anglers safe while they enjoy their sport.

Last year 11 sea anglers tragically lost their lives while fishing in the UK, and the RNLI responded to over 1,200...

Turn to the centre Listings of the Lifeboat magazine and you may be amazed at how often lifeboats launch. Only a tiny proportion of these ever feature in the Lifeboat. Here's a snapshot of the wide range of other lifeboat services...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—In the afternoon of the 23rd September, 1938. the coastguard reported that the St. Nicholas Light-vessel was firing and flying signals calling for the lifeboat's help. A light S.S...

Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.—At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 13th of September, 1949, the life-boat mechanic reported that the motor trawler Silver Cloud, of Abersoch, was towing to Pwllheli the yacht Runag, of Glasgow, which had gone...

ON THE SANDS At 5.45 a.m. on i3th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that an auxiliary.* yacht Misty Blue was ashore on the South East Girdler sands and listing 45°. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. ji) was launched at 6...

Tynemouth, Northumberland. At about 4 p.m. on 2oth June, 1965, the coxswain and another man were watching dinghies racing in the estuary when a sudden gust of wind capsized four dinghies at once. The sailing club's rescue boats were...