LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lifeboat station histories The History of the Penmon and Beaumaris Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author The northern end of the Menai Straits is one of the areas where changing times and use of the sea has led to considerable...

New Quay and Pwllheli’s all-weather lifeboats worked together to rescue the crew of the Galasma on 6 September. The yacht, with fi ve people onboard, was having trouble in a force 8 northerly wind. Rough seas meant she wasn’t making much...

Family of five snatched to safety from base of cliff on rising tide A service by Little and Broad Haven's D class on 23 September 1995 to a family stranded at the base of a cliff on a rising tide has led to the award of the...

Across the mud LATE ON THE NIGHT OF TUESDAY JULY 1, 1986, the owners of Fitzworth Farm, on the south side of Poole Harbour could hear cries for help coming from across the water to the west. They immediately rang the police and coastguard...

As was indicated in the important article contributed by my friend, Mr. de Booy, in the February, 1921, issue of this journal, the beneficent influence of Sir William Hillary's noble initiative in the foundation of the ROYAL NATIONAL...

Lucky Lifeboat Lottery winners Mr and Mrs Fisher of Chester so enjoyed their prize holiday that they wrote to tell the Lifeboat magazine all about it The spring 2004 Lifeboat Lottery prize was a trip on the world's most celebrated train,...

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 528 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CBE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager: BARBARA...

IN 1890 we had the pleasure of placing before our readers full detailed accounts of the first steam Life-boat ever built.

This vessel was a hydraulic steamboat built for the Institution by Messrs. E. and H. Green, of...