LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Search for missing vessel locates wreck A total of 21 boats, including the Scarborough, Filey and Whitby lifeboats, took part in the search for the fishing vessel Sincere with two persons on board, when it failed to return to harbour on 28...

HRH Princess Michael of Kent boards Eastbourne's new Mersey class lifeboat Royal Thames after the naming ceremony. The Princess then took a trip afloat aboard the lifeboat. Photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Norton and Port Eynon lifeboat station, the local branch held a Gower Wreckers Ball which raised over £8,500 for lifeboat coffers.. - View image in PDF

Crowds flocked to Moelfre lifeboat station on 29 August to witness the naming and dedication of the station's new D class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF

Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues each year (see launches on page 36). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:

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Flying the RNLI flag Three members of Port Talbot lifeboat crew represented the Institution at the Annual National Service for Seafarers at St Pauls Cathedral on 19 October 1994.

Ronald Jones, Peter Thomas and Robert Parker...

In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...

1 CCl - Mersey class Ruby Clenf Saturday 12 September 1992 started dry with the threat of rain later, but fortunately not until the naming ceremony of the new Peel lifeboat Ruby Clery was almost over.

The Mersey class...