LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitstable’s B class lifeboat Oxford Town & Gown helped save the 1901-built wooden sailing barge Marjorie, which was holed in a collision during a barge race on 9 August. When the lifeboat arrived on scene, Marjorie had already been...

A brand new, state-of-the-art lifeboat arrived at Appledore station at the end of March but she was saving lives weeks before while on trials off the south Devon coast.

During sea trials, in force 6–7 winds, a mayday call...

At 2.12 p.m. on 24th June, 1967, two small boats were reported in difficulties off Selsey Bill. The larger of the two boats was trying to help the smaller one, a 10- foot fibre glass dinghy, with a crew of two The life-boat Canadian Pacific...

Six saved from sinking German yachtA service by the Dover lifeboat, the Thames class Rotary Service, on 25 August 1992 has earned her coxswain, Anthony Hawkins, and his crew a letter of appreciation from Commodore George Cooper, the RNLI'...

Without their powerless support boat, two divers found themselves alone in the North Sea ...

The crew of the Humber lifeboat had just returned from a training exercise when they received the...

Sir Alec Rose, who opened Newhaven branch fete in July, inspects one of the afternoon's exhibits, a model48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat made by Shoreline member Geoff Mellett. Although living in South London, Geoff is always willing to... - View image in PDF

Ploughing matches with vintage tractors was the idea of Gordon Bell, honorary secretary of Kilrea branch, Northern Ireland. The first, held in 1976, raised £.104, but unfortunately heavy rain in 1977 meant very few spectators so that,... - View image in PDF

History in the re-making: in January 1899 Lynmouth lifeboat was hauled up Countisbury Hill, ten miles over Exmoor and down the notorious Porlock Hill through a severe gale so that she could launch from the comparative shelter of Porlock Weir... - View image in PDF