LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 February 1995 show that during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 6,092 times (an average of more than 16 launches a day) 1,621 lives were saved (an average of four a day) Some 4%...

Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 5 November1995 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,770 times (an average of more than 15 launches a day) 1,089 lives were saved (an average of more than 3 a...

International assistance from Westcountry lifeboat Penlee's relief Arun class A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge is pictured with two casualties, dealt with in a two-week period.

The lifeboat is pictured preparing to take an...

JUNE 4TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.

DUBLIN. Early in the afternoon information was received from the outgoing mail steamer Hibernia and the Coast Life-saving Service that a yacht was in distress some ten miles east of the Kish...

SEPTEMBER 5TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK. The honorary secretary heard a shout for help from a man swimming a long way from the shore in heavy breakers, and the motor life-boat Laurana Sarah Blunt was launched at 1.27 P.M. When she reached the...

Signals of distress were seen on the north part of the Barber Sand at 7 A.M. on the 7th December during a fresh N.E.

wind and a heavy sea. The Cockle lightship was also firing guns and rockets.

The Covent...

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Galway Bay - Ireland Division Following a number of search and rescue incidents in Galway Bay, the RNLI announced that an Atlantic 21 lifeboat would be allocated to Galway on a year's evaluation.

When the newly trained... - View image in PDF