LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 Rescues from around the country including a Bronze Medal and Vellum services Sepoy Rescue Anniversary 14 Philip Thouless looks back 65 years to when he witnessed the...

Introduce a friend With this issue of THE LIFEBOAT is a leaflet entitled 'Introduce a friend'.

We hope you will pass this leaflet on to a friend, neighbour or perhaps relative, who may interested in supporting the...

IN the last quarter of 1957 there were a number of long and exacting searches by life-boats after aircraft had crashed. Unfortunately, as happens so often when aircraft come down in the sea, it was impossible to rescue any survivors. Details...

Four years in the making, the RNLI’s new lifejackets are a milestone in maritime innovation

A lifejacket is the one item of personal protective equipment (PPE) that our crews must wear: their...

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Meeting the need Every year there is a rise in the number calls for help received by the RNLI's volunteer crews. In 1994 lifeboats launched 6,156 times - itself a record - but just a year later the figure for 1995 stood at 7,312 launches...

For decades, brave volunteers launched their Watson class
lifeboats to the rescue. Now the blueprint for a wellloved lifeboat that saved many lives has inspired a new RNLI Shop range. Celebrate our lifeboat heritage in style with...

Left to right: Mr J Evans, chairman Grace Darling Museum committee, HRH The Duke of Gloucester. - View image in PDF

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. Mrs Christine Bell, honorary curator Grace Darling museum.. - View image in PDF