LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Lifeboats are continually developing as new techniques and equipment become...

where she had 53 service launches at 16 stations and rescued a further 19 lives. She was one of the 19 lifeboats that went to Dunkirk in 1940.

Getting back to the sponsored marathon row, on the way down the River Thames,...

1993 and all that! The London Boat Show at Earls Court this January marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Yachtsmen's Lifeboat Supporters Association - the organisation which evolved and expanded into the membership scheme as...

Reasons to celebrate The opening of Ramsey's new hoathouse in a ceremony on 6 April was much welcomed by all.

The new boathouse. situated at the north end of the south promenade, has been specially designed to house the...

Minehead's new D class lifeboat, George and Christine, was named during a ceremony held outside the boathouse on 10 October 1999.

The new lifeboat, funded by George Stnbling of Axminster, replaced the previous D class...

Landmark ruling - is it a ship?The personal watercraft (PWC), often known by the trade name of jetski, is an increasingly popular mode of water transport. Partly resembling a motorbike, a PWC is ridden in a similar way and comes with the...

SEA Check scheme goes coast-wide Why wait until you get into trouble before finding out how well equipped your boat is? That's the reasoning behind the RNLI's SEA Check scheme, which aims to give every boat owner the chance to have a...

Awards to Lifeboatmen Alan Thomas, coxswain of the Tenby lifeboat, has won the Maud Smith Award for 'the most outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman' during 1989.

The award follows the lifeboat's rescue...