LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 16TH. - NEWQUAY, AND ST.

IVES, CORNWALL. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, and the Newquay motor life-boat put out. While she was out information was received that another British aeroplane was...

Thank you to everyone who organised and supported SOS events around the UK and RoI on 30 January. SOS day is the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day, and this year’s event was well supported in schools, companies and clubs, and RNLI fundraising...

Outrageous Grace
Taking the long way home

By John Otterbacher
Review by
Michael Masters

Outrageous Grace tells the true story of the author’s struggle against death – and...

The branch in Newport, Shropshire, which in 1942 raised £12, and has never before raised more than £17, last year raised £205..

MR. HENRY PEGG, motor mechanic of the Dover (Kent) life-boat, and Mr. Wilfred Cook, travelling mechanic of the Institution, were awarded testimonials on parchment by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing a man who had fallen into the sea at...

FEBRUARY 28TH . - POOLBEG , CO .DUBLIN. At 5.30 P.M. a resident of Ringsend reported that a small open boat was adrift in the fairway of the River Liffey, east of Pigeon House Fort. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and an...

Scotmid Co-operative has raised £200,000 for the RNLI in a year, smashing its target of £150,000.

Staff and customers at the co-operative’s Scotmid and Semichem stores and offices in Scotland, Northern Ireland...

When Oscar the dog’s owners throw him a ball, he usually fetches it straight back. But on 13 June he decided it would be much more fun to carry on nosing it out to sea until he was almost 300m from the shore. His worried owners reported his...