LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A Topping idea...

It is not often that one sees the director of the RNLI wearing a hard-hat, laying concrete, sporting a sprig of yew tree and then supping a glass of ale - especially when perched on the top of a...

Date Station 1961 Jan. 1 Weymouth 4 Kirkcudbright 4 Penlee 5 Troon 6 Scarborough 6 Troon ..

„ 6 Weymouth ,, 6 Dover 6 Whitby „ 7 Maltaig 9 Wick ,, 11 Lerwick 12 Padstow No. 1 12 Arklow 13...

Southend-on-Sea, May 2, 1986: on a brilliant day, with bunting splashing colour across the blue skies, Princess Anne came to Southend-on-Sea to name a new lifeboat after a local hero. She met and talked to station officials, crew members and... - View image in PDF

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: March 22, April 4 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: May 7 (twice) and 15 (twice) Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 1, May 6 and 19 (twice) Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class: May 28 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in...

Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: November 29 and December 23 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: November 2 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft Sin Rather ON 1068: November 23, December 18 and January 12 Alderney, Channel Islands Relief 44ft Waveney ON...

Every summer, RNLI lifeguards patrol more than 240 beaches across the UK and Channel Islands, keeping thousands of beachgoers safe. But how can we keep people safe as winter approaches?

A scheme being trialled on some of...

At 5.10 p.m. on 9th February, 1965, a doctor informed the honorary secretary that a patient on the Isle of Eday required hospital treatment and no other boat being available requested the use of the life-boat. At 5.30 the life-boat The John...

Naming an RNLI lifeboat is a once-in-a-lifetime honour – an honour that fell to 14-year-old Rachel Fairhurst during a special ceremony in July ...

Our newest Shannon class lifeboat and her...