LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Invergordon lifeboat and tug Kingraig stand by the Est to monitor the situation. - View image in PDF

I am Birkir Agnarsson, coxswain of the Grindavik lifeboat Oddur V.. - View image in PDF

Rhyl couple tie the knot

Congratulations to Coastguard volunteer Andrea and RNLI volunteer Andy, who brought a whole new level of inter-agency cooperation to the shores of Rhyl when they got married in June. Andrea...

Crew member leaps aboard casualty from C class inflatable Helmsman Peter Heading and Crew Member Robert Gorman of Aberystwyth lifeboat station have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for Gallantry following the rescue of a lone...

Atlantic damaged while saving girls trapped in heavy surf under pier For the first time in the history of the RNLI the three-man crew of an Atlantic class lifeboat have been awarded a Silver and two Bronze Medals for a single service. This...

Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF

A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF

'One man can launch the Atlantic in less than a minute' 'Most of our work here is out-and-grab stuff,' said Atlantic Helmsman Richard Pearce as we looked at the floating boathouse at his station in Brighton Marina, 'and...

'1974 —A YEAR OF TRIUMPH' — His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, President RNLITHE WORD WHICH SEEMS to have been most readily used by people describing the RNLI's annual general meeting in 1975 was 'moving'. On page 30 we...