LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

W ith one of the world's loveliest, albeit most rugged, coastlines - some 2,650km in length and encompassing waters ranging in potential dan yr from the relatively benign Skagerrak. via the remoteness of the cod banks off the Lofotens....

Jon Jones, The Lifeboat's editorial assistant, looks at the work of George Rawlinson, Divisional Inspector {Dl) of lifeboats for the South .

The title 'inspector' had always caused me to form a mental image in...

'Sometimes, with other charities, you don't know where your money is going. With the RNLI, 1 know exactly what is happening and where/ Phyl Cleare, lifeboat donorTrust and confidence are essential when companies are persuading the...

ON TRIAL - FAST AFLOAT BOAT PROTOTYPE TAKES TO THE WATER The RNLI must always have an eye of sea rescue many years ahead. 0 latest design of Fast Afloat Boat (R is designed to achieve even highi retaining - and even imprc standards of I...

As we plan the rollout of the next generation of crew kit, we review a stylish and practical history of lifeboat looks – from 1824 to the present day

Through driving rain and gale-force winds, our lifeboat crews have been...

IN November 1908 and in February this year an account was given in the Life-boat Journal of the steps taken to select a new Life-boat, and also some Notes of the way she is built. It may now be of interest to the coxswains and crews who man...

Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.

The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...

SHORELINE HAS NOW COMPLETED one of the most exciting periods in its history, for late last summer the first lifeboat to be funded by Shoreline members made her delivery trip to her station, Blyth, on the north-east coast of England, and on...