LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JANUARY 29TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

During the morning, while thirteen Filey fishing cobles were at sea, a strong N.E.

wind sprang up. All the regular life-boat crew were out fishing, but ex-coxswain R. C....

AUGUST 15TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.

At 4.15 P.M. coastwatchers reported by telephone that the motor fishing boat Excelsior, of Stromness, with a crew of three, was overdue, and had last been seen three miles off. The weather...

APRIL 17TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.

The motor fishing vessel Press Home, of Castlebay, was reported to be four hours overdue, and at 11.45 the motor lifeboat Lloyd's was launched in a moderate northerly wind, with a...

Coxswain Herbert Jones, of Hoylake, and two other men have won bronze medals for rescuing two men whose dinghy was in grave danger in very heavy seas off West Kirby in the river Dee. They went out to the rescue in a dinghy knowing that if...

A major tool supply company has pledged its support to the RNLI Flood Rescue Team (FRT) – for the next 3 years.

Toolstation, with more than 80 branches around Britain, has already made a significant contribution to the...

Here at the RNLI we’re sorry to report the death of Trevor Grills, singer with the shanty group Fisherman’s Friends. He died on 11 February, after being injured in an accident at a concert venue that also killed the manager of the group,...

DUNGENESS | 4 APRIL
A man and woman were rescued from the upturned hull of a trimaran by the volunteer crew of RNLI Dungeness. Both casualties were balancing on the slippery surface when the Shannon...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.

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