LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Front Cover A Pooie lifeboat crew member prepares to be winched from the station's Brede class lifeboat to Portland Coastguard Helicopter Whisky Bravo during an exercise off Studland last Autumn.

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Three yachtsmen saved from Buxey Sands in heavy weather The crew of Clacton's relief Atlantic 21 and Walton and Frinton's Solent lifeboats have received letters of thanks from the RNLI's chief of operations following a joint...

LIFE-BOAT Week at Bristol this year included a most successful and well organised Life-boat Day on Thursday, 16th June, and an assembly from 11 Branches in the Midlands District for a Conference which was held on Saturday, 18th June. In...

The week of The Queen's visit saw Castletownbere lifeboat crew immersed in training at the College. They were getting to grips with their new Severn class Lifeboat, Annette Mutton, and so were on hand to aid Her Majesty's departure....

Launches 33. Lives rescued 42.

MARCH 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Just after 5 p.m. the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Water Lily, which could be seen about three miles north of Margate pier, appeared to be in...

Although a Town & Country driveway is beautiful to look at, its beauty is more than skin deep.

Beneath the surface is a unique (ibre reinforcement that helps prevent sinking and spreading.

Its surface,...

Feature The most lives saved A hundred years ago, a liner full of passengers needed saving off the Cornish coast – one lifeboat just wasn’t going to be enough After months at sea, the White Star liner Suevic was within hours of completing...

APRIL Launches 53. Lives rescued 40.

APRIL 1ST. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.

At 1.30 P.M. a message was received from the Wyre Lighthouse that a ship’s lifeboat needed help. A moderate W.S.W. wind was...