LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Careful! You’re holding something very valuable in your hands. It’s something you helped to make.

Thanks to the many letters and emails that readers send me, I have a pretty good idea of what you think is important about...

JANUARY 4TH. - ALDEBURGH, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. At 6.5 P . M .

a message was received from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a steamer, about five miles at sea, was making signals on her siren, but that they were not...

JANUARY 4TH. - ALDEBURGH, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. At 6.5 P . M .

a message was received from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a steamer, about five miles at sea, was making signals on her siren, but that they were not...

PROBLEM: The kit onboard a fishing vessel is expensive, and many crews ‘make do’, mend, or replace their broken machinery with kit that’s not always in line with modern safety standards. On top of that, crew training isn’t always as...

Did you see Saving Lives at Sea?
The Summer BBC documentary was a big hit with viewers, drawing 3M in its first episode. For the first time ever, film crews were given an access-all-areas pass to the RNLI's stations, lifeboats...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 15.

Ballycotton, Co. Cork November 3 and 6.

Baltimore, Co. Cork September 13, October 10,26 and November 11.

Barrow, Cumbria September 2 and November...

If you were rescued by the RNLI, would you thank those involved? Surprisingly, many people don't. Dave Gambell, rescued by Yarmouth lifeboat, is an exception.

What follows is his letter of gratitude to the crew,...

Deep water 'rocks' sink yacht Donaghadee Ireland Division Donaghadee's Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast was called to an unusual incident on 2 July 1988 when a Mayday call was heard from a sinking yacht at...