LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CONDITIONS OUTSIDE LIMITS FOR D CLASS Surfer saved by inshore lifeboat in severe gale and heavy seas Helmsman Stuart Roberts of Porthcawl's D class inshore lifeboat was awarded a Silver Medal for outstanding bravery during the rescue of...

Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.30 on the morning of the 8th of April, 1958, the Spurn Point coastguard told the cox- swain superintendent that a member of the crew of the Bull lightvessel had died during the night and asked if the life- boat would...

Thousands of people attended Hoylake open day last August which had as its peak of entertainment a display by the RAF's world famous Red Arrows, seen here just as they pass over Hovlake lifeboat. Royal Marines dropped by parachute from a... - View image in PDF

Calling all yachtsmen: A first-class insurance against disaster is to be well-prepared.

Experience counts above all, but a lot can be learned from good books, and there is no better list of titles on the subject than that...

Bude, Port Isaac and Padstow, Cornwall; and Clovelly, North Devon - At 9.40 a.m. on 22nd August, 1969, the coastguard informed the Bude honorary secretary that distress flares from a large white boat had been seen two miles west of Lower...

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n exclusive cost picturesque islands of cutting holiday Gozo d Comino. It is within easy reach of only from Mercury...

PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie... - View image in PDF

SINCE HER INTRODUCTION to the RNLI fleet in 1971, the Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat has not only proved her worth on service, but has also shown herself to be a thoroughbred among boats.

With her speed, range,...