LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WHEN the Prince of Wales visited Bradford on 30th May, the Spurn Lifeboat Crew whose new Motor Boat is being provided out of the special fund raised in Bradford, and is to be named after the city played a prominent part in the welcome given...

DECEMBER 13TH - 14TH. - DUNMORE, EAST, CO. WATERFORD, AND KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Just before half-past five in the evening the coast watcher at Hook Point telephoned to the Dunmore East station that a vessel was off the Hook showing flares....

SIMPLY THE BASTE!

Our superfit supporters raise thousands for the RNLI through running events. And at Christmas they were joined by a new team mate: the animated turkey Captain McStuffing. Our feathered fundraiser

Reaching for his mobile phone, a kayaker went overboard. Cold and tired, he couldn’t get back onboard – or call for help

Lifeboat Helm Patsy O’Mahony was relaxing at home on a Sunday afternoon in February when his phone...

A collision in the English Channel becomes a challenging rescue for Dungeness RNLI

4.10am. Wednesday 8 August. Full-time Coxswain Stuart Adams is woken by his pager. There has been a collision in the English Channel and...

DURING the month of October six Lifeboats were launched in response to signals which were believed to be from aeroplanes in distress. The story of their search shows the way in which the increasing traffic by air is adding to the duties of...

" Thousands of women, in every part, of the United Kingdom, rich or poor, high and, low, have shown that they are moved by the same spirit of mercy and helpfulness as actuated Grace Darling. In their own way, they have rendered...

BEFOHK the middle of October the Institution's life-boats had already rescued more lives this year than they rescued in the whole of 1956, although 19,56 was the busiest year the service had ever known in time of peace.