LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A force 6 to 7 wind was blowing when Poole's new 44' class lifeboat was named Augustine Courtauld after the well-known explorer by his sister Lady Rayner at Poole Harbour Y.C.

Marina on Wednesday, May 7; caught up...

In complete contrast to the usual image of the be whiskered sea-dog lifeboat man Little and Broad Haven's D class inflatable now has three young ladies in their twenties as part of the crew.

AH three joined the crew of... - View image in PDF

Two swimmers ALREADY OUT ON EXERCISE, On the evening of Tuesday, August 30, Port Talbot D class ILB remained afloat to cover an organised open water swim.

The wind was south west force 4, the sea rough and the tide flooding...

Further to our previous coverage of RNLI shoreworks, we can report that the charity is wrapping up its appeal to fund a new boathouse at Exmouth, Devon, now that it has reached its target.

Exmouth’s facilities are much in...

Civil servants around the UK are celebrating 150 years of fundraising for the RNLI. And they’re doing so in style, having funded their 53rd lifeboat: a brand new Shannon class due to be built for Wells, Norfolk, in 2021. The Lifeboat Fund is...

DECEMBER 22ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The No. 2 life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson was launched at 5.40 P.M. as information had been received that a vessel was in distress near C.11 Black Buoy.

A light easterly breeze...

NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBER- LAND.—On the 1st July a gale from E.S.E. sprang up at about 4 A.M. Seven fishing cobles had left about four hours previously for the fishing-ground, which is about 15 miles from the shore, and considerable...

ON the 29th July the St. Ives Life-boat performed a series of arduous services, going out five times to the rescue of no fewer than ten vessels, and saving forty men, in the course of seven hours.

On the 28th July a strong...