LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Three snatched from wave-swept rock using boarding boat The Director of the RNLI has written to Alderney lifeboat station to congratulate coxswain Stephen Shaw and his crew on the excellent teamwork shown during a service by the...

67 saved from stranded factory ship in Storm Force winds Lerwick's Arun class lifeboat Soldian was involved in another service to a Russian factory ship on 31 October 1994, another service in very bad weather and involving the evacuation...

More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.

Mallaig -- Scotland Division The beautiful setting of Mallaig is evident, with Loch Nevis stretching away to the east. The harbour entrance faces north between Coteachan...

Capsize THE DAY OF TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1986, dawned at Brighton with gale force winds blowing from the south south west, gusting to force 9 and skies overcast with a slight drizzle. Very heavy seas were running and waves up to 15 feet in...

News Battered and brave A passing journalist captured one of the most iconic images of the RNLI’s history when he photographed the Scarborough lifeboat and crew in action in May 2005 (above). They were searching for a mother and her children...

CREW TRAPPED AND INJURED BY PIER SUPPORT 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...

by Maggie Murray/Format Prior to the Annual Presentation of Awards on 19 May, the six Bronze Medallists line up aboard the Mersey class Marine Engineer for the photocall on the Thames.

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the west, the sea was slight and visibility was excellent but the tide, which had been flooding for 3'/2 hours, was still rising.

The water had already risen above the girls' chests and was lapping around their...