LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Volunteers in New Brighton, Wirral, became the proud owners of a new inshore lifeboat in November 2009. This Summer, the B class will be given a special name, marking her place in a long line of lifeboats provided by The Lifeboat...

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HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, visited lifeboat stations at Barrow, Morecambe, Fleetwood, Blackpool and Lytham-St Anne's on Wednesday April 27. At each station he inspected the lifeboat and met lifeboatmen, station... - View image in PDF

Whitby, Yorkshire - At 10.58 a.m. on 2ist July, 1966, a small boat three miles north east of Whitby buoy was requesting assistance. At 11.10 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a strong northerly wind and a rough sea. It was four...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 7th of December, 1950, the small motor coble Enterprize II had not returned from the fishing grounds.

A strong northerly breeze was blowing causing a dangerous swell on the bar; so...

Last Autumn’s issue of the Lifeboat introduced the RNLI’s experimental lifeboat FCB2. It is hoped this will evolve into the next generation of carriage-launched all-weather lifeboat, replacing the Mersey class. Unfortunately, the hull shape...

FEBRUARY 12TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 12.25 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that rockets had been seen two miles S.E. by E. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. It was snowing...

She was a self-righting Life-boat, 40 feet by 10 feet; served from 1870 to 1890 and rescued 99 lives.

She now lies on the beach at Aldeburgh, where she is used as a store. In frcnt of her are Tom Cable and John Pead, the... - View image in PDF