LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Operational changes in North East EnglandEvery five years each stretch of the UK and Irish coastlines undergoes a Coast Review. Senior RNLI operational personnel and trustees visit the lifeboat stations and assess whether the right class,...

Lifeboat and hovercraft launches remainder of March-June 2006 Listings ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):May 5,12 ON-1262(17-33):Jun 13 D-536:Apr 20,May 7(x2),Jun 13 ABERDOVEY B-758:Apr 21,May 1,Jun 10,11(x2),13 ABERSOCH B-790:Apr 13,20,27,28, May...

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: December 19 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: January 8 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 42ft Beach: February 4 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rather: December 2 Arranmore, Co. Donegal 52ft Burnett: December 19, January 1,...

How one woman’s generosity and a volunteer crew’s commitment made a 12-hour rescue possible

The lifeboat crew from the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides worked through the night aboard the...

The 15th International Lifeboat Conference took place at La Coruna, Spain in June this year. The RNLI was represented and, here, Public Relations Officer EDWARD WAKE-WALKER reports on the continuing dialogue between lifeboat societies from...

Across the mud LATE ON THE NIGHT OF TUESDAY JULY 1, 1986, the owners of Fitzworth Farm, on the south side of Poole Harbour could hear cries for help coming from across the water to the west. They immediately rang the police and coastguard...

NEWSPOINT Few can complain at the amount of exposure the Institution has received on television recently.

Hardly had the Salcombe- Dased documentary left our TV screens than BBC's 'Blue Peter' took up the...

BooKS A lifeboating selection to inspire, thrill and ponder Asboville by Danny Rhodes Asboville may not sound like it has any relevance to the RnLi, however a lifeboat crew member plays a key part in this surprising...