LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

10 May: Aberdeen and Peterhead's all-weather lifeboats were called upon when a helicopter carrying oil rig workers crashed into the North Sea. All 14 of the helicopter's passengers and crew made it to the liferafts. Aberdeen lifeboat...

The New Fowey Motor Life-Boat A 45 Feet 6 Inches Watson Cabin Type. - View image in PDF

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 3.15 in the afternoon of the 2nd of April, 1948, the Duncannon police tele- phoned that a small boat was in distress, and the motor life-boat Duke of Con- naught, on temporary duty at the station, was...

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.15 on the morningofthe 18th of February, 1953, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Arnhem, coming from Holland, had sighted an open motor boat near Beach End buoy. The motor boat appeared to have broken down...

Six fishermen saved by crew member in open fishing boatEamonn O'Leary, a member of Dun Laoghaire's All-weather lifeboat crew, has been awarded the Institution's Thanks inscribed on Vellum for a rescue which he carried out...

Clockwise from top right: Highland dancers, RNLI supporter Pat 'Pirate' Mulraney and children's entertainer Scott Lovatt all helped to make the open day a roaring success Photos: Hamish . - View image in PDF

FISHING BOATS IN DANGER Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At about 1.80 in the afternoon of the 23rd of April, 1947, with a southerly gale blowing, heavy seas and an ebbing tide, an open fishing coble and seven other fishing boats were seen outside...

Public Servant (Civil Service No 44) at Tower This was the first of the Thames E class lifeboats to be named.

The money for the boat was raised by The Lifeboat Fund, which has been raising money for the RNLI for 140 years... - View image in PDF