LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

(Above, left and right) Demonstration recovery of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat into her trolley mobile 'dock'.. - View image in PDF

D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...

Immediate thanks On Wednesday December 10, 1980, our diving boat Kermit, named after a famous frog, decided to roll over on her back in an attempt to swim like her namesake. She found, however, that although in this position floating was...

ST. ANNE'S ON THE SEA, LANCASHIRE.— In accordance with the wishes of the Life- boat men, the large Life-boat which is kept moored afloat at the end of St. Anne's Pier has been replaced by the large sailing Life-boat specially...

By Captain H. G. Innes, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats for the Western District.

[Each summer the Institution's steamtug, Helen Peele, which is stationed at Padstow, Cornwall, for the purpose of taking the two Padstow...

UNDER 16? JOIN THE RNLI HAS JUST launched its new junior membership club, Storm Force. Aimed at young people under 16 years of age, Storm Force is designed to give youngsters a fascinating insight into the work of the RNLI. Individual...

THE 28th September of this year was the centenary of the death of William Wouldhave, of South Shields, whose name will always be honourably remem- bered, with those of Lionel Lukin, of London, and John Greathead, also of South Shields, as...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...