LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE following account of the rescue of the crew and passengers of a shipwreck like that of the steam-ship Stanley, off Tynemouth, on the fearful night of the 24th November last, is taken from an admirable and most interesting little volume,...

Facts and Figures In 1987 the RNLI's lifeboats have so far launched 1,572 times, saving 638 lives.

In 1986 lifeboats launched 3,712 times (an average of over 10 times each day) and saved 1,424 lives (an average of over...

URGENT CASE Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 12.30 a.m. on I2th May, 1964, the local doctor asked the life-boat to take a patient who needed urgent treatment to the county hospital at Tralee. Because of severe weather no small boat could make the...

TOOK SICK CHILD Galway Bay. At 3.15 p.m. on 24th October, 1964, the nurse at Kilronan told the honorary secretary that a sick child was in need of medical treatment at a mainland hospital. The sea was slight with a gentle north-westerly wind...

MAY 2 8TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.

At 5.50 P.M. a telephone message was received from the Milford Haven naval base that a soldier had fallen over the cliff at Mill Bay. The weather was fine with a northerly wind and a...

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One man's courageA young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...