LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PALLING, NORFOLK.—On the 11th April, at 4.15 A.M., during a strong gale of wind from the east, with a heavy sea, a vessel was observed stranded on the beach at Waxham. With all despatch the No. 1 Life-boat was launched and taken to the spot;...

A boat with its own fascinating RNLI history set out on a perfect day last Summer. Little did her crew know it was to be her last voyage …

‘We set off in ideal conditions – you couldn’t have...

GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS Arctic Circle Express 15 DAY HOLIDAY TO SCANDINAVIA & THE ARCTIC CIRCLE Travel with the UK's leading specialist in holidays by rail on a magnificent 15-day tour of Norway and Sweden. A friendly and professional...

In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...

CLYDE CLASS 70-003 LOA 71' : Beam 18' : Displacement 87 tonsLATEST OF the Clyde class lifeboats, 70-003, was named City of Bristol by the Lady Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs A. G.

Peglar, at Narrow Quay, Bristol, on...

When in the mid-1960s the RNLI decided to have six fast steel lifeboats to a 44-foot design developed by the United States Coast Guard, the Lowestoft shipyard was chosen to build them—and two of the six went to East Anglian stations, the...

Today's Exmouth lifeboat crew is very much a family affair - six members of two families make up nearly a quarter of the entire crew.

Among the 25 strong crew is Coxswain Keith Graham with his two sons and the three...

South East Division Off Selsey Bill A YACHT AGROUND in the Looe Channel and needing help was reported by Solent Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Selsey lifeboat station at 1910 on Friday September 9, 1983. Maroons were fired and at...