LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mrs Margaret (Peggy) Silver, joined Lerwick ladies' lifeboat guild in 1964 and served as a member of the committee from 1967-1973. She rejoined the committee in 1980 and was president from 1987-1990..

Hilti Industries of West Bromwich supported two of their managers, Martin Parker and Jim Coombes (who is also a member of the Stourbridge branch) by sponsoring them in a 24- hour deep sea fish to raise funds for Aberdovey lifeboat..View image in PDF

The rescue of a swimmer and two earned the helmsman and crew of lifeguards who had gone to his aid has Sunderland's D class lifeboat and two shore helpers a letter of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations.The incident began at...

Capsized dinghy ON THE AFTERNOON of Wednesday May 11, 1983, both lifeboats stationed at Eastbourne were launched to help the fishing vessel Dawn Anne, in difficulties with a broken fuel line 1 '/2 miles east of the lifeboat station; she...

The Operations Room is hidden away at the top of the charity’s Headquarters building, but it is the nerve centre of the whole RNLI

Until refurbishment in 2008, the walls of this unusual office were lined with whiteboards...

At only 11 years old Katy Malcolm is the pride of Wick's lifeboat crew, branch and guild. Since September 1992 Katy, a member of Storm Force, has raised £650.83 by organising sales outside her parents home, raffling a doll and by... - View image in PDF

5 November 2011: Whitby’s D class lifeboat OEM Stone III sped to the cliffs west of Whitby Harbour, where two people cut off by the tide had tried to climb to safety and got stuck. A lifeboat crew member went...

FIREMEN HELPED At 7.35 a.m. on I3th September, 1964, while the life-boat coxswain was fishing at sea, he saw the converted ship's lifeboat Waratah burning red flares just south of Peninnis Head. He immediately gave help and succeeded in...