LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RNLI crew around the UK and Ireland are often called heroes for their acts of incredible bravery. But they are as human as the rest of us

You’re the ones with RNLI written all over you. You’re the people who are there to...

TORQUAY, DEVONSHIRE.—On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being...

NEWSPOINT What would Sir William Hillary have thought about the day when Rye Harbour lifeboat rescued 29 children and adults from inflatable toys on a hot summer's day earlier this year (see Lifeboat Services)? When he founded the RNLI...

THE total number of launches by life- boats on service in 1960 was 714, the lives of 367 people being saved thereby.

The number of launches was appre- ciably less than in 1959, which had been a truly remarkable year, with a...

and more books continued from page 179 Standing Into Danger Two Hundred Years of Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay by Andrew Jeffrey published by the Dundee Branch of the RNLI at £8.95 ISBN 0-9527568-0-3 This...

Books The Lone Ranger story – from salvage tug to super yacht by John Julian Published by Seafarer Books ISBN 0955024307 Price £19.95 hardback This is the remarkable story of a vessel’s transformation over a period of more than 30 years...

FOR SHORELINE this year's London International Boat Show was the best ever: through the efforts of the band of voluntary workers who gave up a fortnight of their time to help us we signed on 1,153 new members, and I would like to thank...

When car ferry Princess Victoria sank in heavy seas off Northern Ireland on 31 January 1953, Billy McAllister was working onboard

Massive waves were pushing and hitting, sending her [Princess...