LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Cromer, Norfolk. — At 4.32 on the morning of the 26th of October, 1952, the coastguard telephoned to say the S.S. Sydenham had reported that a vessel was ashore on the Haisboro' Sands, eighteen miles east-by-south of Cromer, and at five...

AT first sight it might seem quite unnecessary to explain the meaning of a word which is so descriptive and so obvious in its application to the work of the Institution as the word " National." The operations of the Life-boat...

APRIL 22ND. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.

At 5.30 A.M. the coastguard reported that the S.S. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at...

RAMSGATE.—On the 26th March, 1860, a schooner was reported to be on shore on the Goodwin Sands. The Harbour Commissioners' life-boat Northumberland was quickly towed out to her assistance by the Harbourtug Aid, there being a fresh wind...

THE Goodwin Sands have earned over and over again their grim description as '; the graveyard of ships." In them are sunk the timbers of hundreds of ships and the bones of thousands of seamen.

At low tide men have...

OFF the Kentish coast there lie, Sands of treacherous make, Which swallow many a ship, Who luckless get in their wake.

They say that Earl Godwin made, A terrible curse upon Any ship that passed that way, Would come to grief...

One of the new 17ft 6in twin-engined C class inflatable lifeboats preparing to go afloat after her official handing over at Criccieth last May. A report of the ceremony appeared on page 57 of the summer 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. photograph... - View image in PDF

Have you lost track of what boats are in the RNLI fleet? Do you get your B class confused with your D class? You are not alone With the RNLI at the forefront of technical innovation in boat design, lifeboats are constantly evolving. In 2002...