LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...

The brand new Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook 2015 is out now, priced at £7.

This annual guide includes up-to-date details of all the RNLI’s offshore and inshore lifeboats, and is the most complete listing...

HARTLEPOOL.—While a gale of wind was blowing from the N. with a high seaon the 16th May, the brig Rudolf, of Trelleborg, laden, with mining timber, for Hartlepool, was seen driving ashore towards Seaton beach. The No. 2 Lifeboat, Charles...

‘You have a natural instinct with boats. No one can teach you that,’ said former Swanage Crew Member Winky Marsh to Holly Phillips then aged 15

A Londoner by birth, the young Holly spent her Summers in Swanage, Dorset, and...

An indication of the interest aroused by Staithes and Runswick lifeboat weekend last July. It all began with a traditional nightgown parade on the Friday evening through Staithes, led by a jazz band. The next day Staithes and Runswick and... - View image in PDF

St Cybi (Civil Service No.9) is one of 20 Barnett class boats built.

At 52ft they were the largest RNLI lifeboats at the time and were fine seaboats. All were built with open cockpit steering position but St Cybi was later... - View image in PDF

New Quay and Pwllheli’s all-weather lifeboats worked together to rescue the crew of the Galasma on 6 September. The yacht, with fi ve people onboard, was having trouble in a force 8 northerly wind. Rough seas meant she wasn’t making much...

The RNLI has made bold advances since its foundation in 1824. But one area that has seen little change is the double-ended lifeboat collection box (right). This iconic design, based on the pulling and sailing lifeboats of yesteryear, came to...