LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lifeboats less then 10 metres long (C and D class inflatables and 21 ft Atlantic rigid inflatables) now carry out more than 55 per cent of all the RNLI's service calls, and with more than 135 boats of these classes now on station, and a...

Launches 51 Lives rescued 52 NOVEMBER 3RD. - WELLS, NORFOLK.

At 5.42 in the evening, information was received from the naval authorities at Great Yarmouth, through the coastguard, that a motor vessel; outside Wells harbour...

Launches on service from 1st September to 3oth November, 1965, which resulted in the rescue of people in difficulties are described in chronological order below.

Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 12.50 p.m. on ist September,...

JANUARY 4TH. - RUNSWICK, YORK.

SHIRE. The motor life-boat Robert Patton - The Always Ready was launched at 1 P.M in an E.S.E. wind with a heavy sea, as the Staithes fishing fleet was out and there would be considerable...

The Bembridge Motor Life-boat went out on 7th December to the help of the ketch Silent, of Cowes, and found her with her head sails blown away and her windlass smashed. Although she was sinking, the men on board refused to leave her, so the...

The immaculate appearance of lifeboats is no accident, and reflects the pride of a lifeboat station in its boat.

However that glossy finish on the hull has to be put there in the first place, and this is another instance of... - View image in PDF

Guides for lifeboat enthusiasts For those who are fascinated by the history of an individual station, who want to trace a relief lifeboat through its travels from station to station, or who just want to check their facts and figures, these...

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