LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Start 2017 by boosting your maritime knowledge.
Our collection of New Year reads will also give you plenty of
impressive facts to share at what’s left of the festive party season!

For salty...

Lynmouth, Devon.—28th July, 1938.

A tug, with a barge in tow, was swamped in Porlock Bay, but the crew of seven swam ashore. Spectators made a collection of £10 for the Institution.— Rewards, £23 2s. Qd..

NOVEMBER 29TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A minesweeper had been blown up by a mine, and the life-boat put out.

The sea was rough, and an air raid was in progress. Bombs fell near the life-boat. She searched for some hours...

Many of the emergencies that our London lifeboat crews are called to involve immediate risk of drowning, so their 40-knot E class lifeboats are essential.

Now an RNLI engineer has been recognised with an MBE for her role...

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT has been a year of splendid achievement for the Life-boat Service, overshadowed by a great tragedy.

During the year the Institution gave rewards for the rescue of no fewer than 591 lives....

Happy new year! With fresh new (RNLI Shop) diaries in hand, we’re making plans for the year ahead. And 2019 is shaping up to be a busy one.

So what happens when an RNLI coxswain or a mechanic needs to plan some well-earned...

The new Troon life-boat, James and Barbara Aitken, was named by Her Grace Mary, Duchess of Montrose, an honorary life governor of the Institution and president of the Isle of Arran branch, on the 9th of July, 1955. The cost of this life-boat...

Z-BOATSto the rescue. .

Extensively used by the R.N.L.I, for inshore rescue work, the inflatable RFD-GQ PB-16 Z-Boat is capable of carrying 10 people and supporting many in excess of that number. Being inherently buoyant,...