LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE. — On the 24th October, 1868, the barque Betty and Louise, of Hamburg, was stranded during a strong gale on the Cruivie Bank, near Buddon Ness. The Mary Hartley life- boat was quickly manned and launched, and succeeded...

Struggling in the cold, dark sea, three football fans wondered if it was game over 

After a night out in Barmouth watching Wales play in a televised football match on 6 July 2016, three sailors rowed a small dinghy...

Banking on their support Among the thousands competing in the New York marathon last November was a young lady wearing a Lizard lifeboat Tshirt.

The young lady in question was Elizabeth Foster, born and bred in Mullion, but...

MOELFRE, JUNE 17 and BROUGHTY FERRY, JULY 17 BRILLIANT SUNSHINE and a fresh northerly wind building up white horses out at sea gave a sparkling day for the handing over ceremony and dedication of Moelfre's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat,...

Weston-super-Mare: The lifeboat people of Weston-super-Mare met at Knightstone Causeway on Saturday August 13 for the naming ceremony of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat funded by an appeal launched to mark the centenary of... - View image in PDF

Cromer, June 20, 1986: Cromer townspeople donated generously towards Ruby and Arthur Reed II, the station's brand new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat, and it was therefore fitting that so many should be there, joined by holidaymakers and... - View image in PDF

THE exact position which the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION occupies with regard to keeping a watch for casualties seems to be very little understood by the general public, the result being that on several occasions the Coxswains of...

There’s no mistaking an RNLI lifeboat – but what are all those other craft in the lifesaving team?

When RNLI lifeboat volunteers answer the call for help, they are launching to the front line in a battle to save lives –...