LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DECEMBER 18TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A boat, from an examination vessel, with a crew of three, had gone ashore, but the men landed without help.- Paid permanent crew..

NOVEMBER 9TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Two swimmers had been reported in difficulties, but the police rescued one and the other was drowned. - Rewards, £38 1s.

OCTOBER 15TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by another aeroplane. - Rewards : St. Ives, £11 1s. ; Padstow, £3 9s..

The Flora London Marathon on 26 April was a great success, and the RNLI hopes to raise over £350,000 from the event.

Thirteen lifeboat crew members ran for the RNLI, from Tower, Girvan, Chiswick, Skegness, Bembridge,...

Two 12-year-old boys were out exploring the north Devon coastline when they got cut off by the tide 10m up a cliff.

Several passers-by reported the boys’ predicament to the Coastguard, which requested the launch of...

At 0815 on Good Friday. 10 April 1998, Weston super-Mare and Penarth lifeboat stations received information from RNLI headquarters that urgent assistance was requested due to the severe flooding in the South Midlands. - View image in PDF

THE Danish Life-saving service is con- centrated in one department under the Government, and not as in this country, divided between the Government and the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, a charitable society incorporated by Royal...

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...