LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond called into Queensferry Lifeboat Station on 22 June. He was shown around the station, introduced to the crew and presented with a framed photo of Queensferry’s Atlantic 75 lifeboat Donald and Ethel Macrae...

As Lifeboat magazine went to print, RNLI Flood Rescue Team members were returning home after going to the aid of those affected by floods in Cumbria. The team, working alongside other emergency services from 6-8 December, helped...

DECEMBER 16TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. A motor vessel which had broken down was able to carry out repairs and to come in without help. The owners made a gift to the Institution. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.

MARCH 11TH. - ARBROATH, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. An R.N.A.S. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except two wheels, one by the Arbroath life-boat and one by an R.A.F. launch. - Rewards : Arbroath, £16...

Last year, Penarth trainee Crew Member Simon Marchant completed more than 40 marathons in Wales
over 41 days, raising a fantastic £779 for the RNLI. Simon set off with a goal of running an average of 26.2 miles a day (the...

'It's a bit big now, but you'll grow into it in a year or two'. In fact, this is Coxswain Joseph Sassoon of Kirkcudbright showing young Ian Thomson what it is like being dressed up like a lifeboatman. He brought the clothing... - View image in PDF

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Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 15 November 1994 show that so far during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 4,390 times (an average of nearly 14 launches a day) 1,264 lives were saved (an average of four a day) Some...