St Davids lifeboat station and its volunteers enjoyed a double celebration on 14 March, 2017, with the naming of the new 16m Tamar lifeboat and the official opening of the new boathouse, reports Nicholas Leach. More than 200 dignitaries, invited…
Lifeboats have sailed into the history books all along the Fylde coast of Lancashire. Above: The former Fleetwood Ann Letitia Russell on the slipway of the old seafront lifeboat house before being withdrawn from service in 1976. This boat has now…
Freezing cold water, large waves and heavy rain were among the challenges faced by 16 fishermen who took part in a two-day event at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) HQ in Poole, Dorset last week. The 16 fishermen from…
The new 13m Shannon lifeboat Elizabeth and Leonard entered Amble harbour in Northumberland for the first time, to be greeted by hundreds of well-wishers, supporters and fundraisers in winter sunshine on 18 November 2016, reports Nicholas Leach. An RNLI fundraising…
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has launched a campaign to keep commercial fishermen safe, with figures showing that 88 people were injured or killed in deck machinery incidents on fishing vessels in UK waters over the past five years. As well as encouraging skippers and vessel owners…
The five-man crew of the Milford Haven crabber CKS M 99 were rescued by Angle RNLI volunteers in the early hours of Wednesday 28 October after the 14m crabber hit rocks and began to sink just off Sheep Island, reports…
Dover Coastguard sent the Dungeness lifeboat to aid a 10m French fishing vessel taking on water, 11 miles southeast of Dungeness. Two people were on board the vessel. Once on scene, duty coxswain Roger Gillett, in command of the Shannon…
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