LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Have you lost track of what boats are in the RNLI fleet? Do you get your B class confused with your D class? You are not alone With the RNLI at the forefront of technical innovation in boat design, lifeboats are constantly evolving. In 2002...

THE LIFEBOAT Anjn class lifeboat OM-1150 Hibtrntt Built 1989 Cost £600.000 Funding A very generous donation from the Irish Sailor* and Soldier* L*nd Truft. which also provided funding toward* th« running of lifeboat* in Ireland THE...

Oban's new lifeboat, the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station, was named Ann Ritchie on May 7 (see page 229). The Brede has been developed from a commercial GRP hull produced by Lochin Marine of Rye and she takes her place among... - View image in PDF

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 12 1980: 1,215 people rescued; nearly £12 million raisedTUESDAY MAY 12 was the day of the RNLI's 1981 annual general meeting of the governors and annual presentation of awards and, as usual...

A new era in the history of Poole's lifeboats began on 27 July 1990 when the Mayor of Poole, Councillor Mrs Anne Stribley, unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the new lifeboat house in a very visible position next to the lifting... - View image in PDF

Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...

Exmouth: On Sunday June 12 Exmouth D class inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Clive Harris and Crew Member Christopher Douglas, launched to help a 14-year-old boy cut off by the tide on the rocks at Orcombe Point. Helmsman Harris first...

Our summer break at Littlehampton was a little longer than anticipated perhaps due to a reluctance to depart before there was some progress to report on the new boathouse project. It is now some two years since discussions started on the...