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A newlife-saver made a splash at its official launch in West Wales yesterday. The town of New Quay welcomed a new, 16-foot inflatable lifeboat bought with proceeds from a charity concert
Captain Graham Sommerfield, Honorary Secretary at Penarth Lifeboat Station August 1995
On its half tracked carriage, the Ferryside Lifeboat runs down the slipway, steadied by the launching crew on two guides ropes as it makes its final run
The American built lifeboat that is touring lifeboat stations around the British Isles put In to the Mumbles Pier on Sunday morning for members of the Mumbles Lifeboat Crew to try out for themselves
Coxswain Derek Scott with the crew of the Mumbles lifeboat. They took along two extra hands for this trip to the Bristol Channel lightships before Christmas. The lifeboat has a regular crew of seven
The site of the new Penarth Lifeboat Station at the sea front in Penarth. Circa 1995
The Mumbles lifeboat plunges down from the slipway as she leaves to deliver Christmas Cards to various light vessels in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1963
Members of the Penarth Lifeboat Crew who took part in a rescue near Cardiff : Andrew Rabiotti, Karl Lawrence and Gareth Wigmore. August 1995
Invited guests being brought being given a trip around the bay on the Llandudno lifeboat Lilly Wainwright, leaving Rhos jetty
New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB "Birds Eye"New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB " Birds Eye" at New Quay Lifeboat Station, It was replaced in 1990 with a new Mersey Class lifeboat. Circa 1990
The arrival of the new motor lifeboat at New Quay, Cardiganshire. The old sailing lifeboat can be seen on the left of the picture. The name of the new vessel is " St Albans"
The Tynemouth lifeboat takes to the water. Picture taken 3rd February 1976
The lifeboat Tynesider on display at The Royal Show, The Town Moor, Newcastle. It will be the first time that a boat of the RNLI has been exhibited at the Royal
The Tynemouth lifeboat Tynesider tows a boat back to harbour. It tows the " Witch" boat, back to The Tyne. Mr Cruddas, on board The Witch, himself a former seaman
Launch of the lifeboat Tynesider at Tynemouth. information on the boat. TYNESIDER 1947 Ð 1979 : 46O09 Watson Type. 46O09 long by 12O09 wide, weight 21 tons 15 cwt, 2 Ð 40 bhp Ferry VE4 engines
The Tynemouth lifeboat enters the sea from its house at Low Lights, North Shields. Picture taken 15th September 1962
The Tynemouth lifeboat Tynesider approaches Newcastle Quayside for its visit to inaugurate Lifeboat Week. Picture taken 3rd October 1950
The Sunderland lifeboat Edward and Isabella Quinn. Picture taken 8th February 1951
A crewman on board the Sunderland lifeboat. Date taken 22nd October 1941
The South Shields lifeboat Tyne, pictured in 1932. The Tyne built in 1833. The Tyne Lifeboat, the worlds second oldest lifeboat in existence
The Sunderland lifeboat Edward and Isabella Irwin which rescued three fishermen shortly before their boat broke in two and sank three miles south of the Tyne
The Sunderland lifeboat Edward and Isabella Irwin after her launch by Lady Marr. Picture taken 15th June 1936
The South Shields lifeboat. Note to editorsThe South Shields lifeboat. **Note to editors : No more information is available for this picture, i.e. the name of the boat
The Sunderland lifeboat William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers being handed over to the Sunderland station on 5th July 1963. The £ 45
A Sunderland lifeboat launches into floating crude oil left by a passing ship. Picture taken 19th October 1954
The Sunderland lifeboat Guy and Claire Hunter. 46. 90 feet (14The Sunderland lifeboat Guy and Claire Hunter. 46.90 feet (14.30 m) long and Built in 1953 by White, J Samuel & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight
The lifeboat Princess Alexandra on the right, which is a new Lifeboat to the area of Tyneside, since 1978. It is pictured alongside the larger " George and Olive Turner" Lifeboat
Model of the first purpose-built lifeboat, the Original, built by Henry Francis Greathead of South Shields in 1789. South ShieldOs private Law House committee endeavoured to find an inventor who
The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, John Louis Jnr (seated at the right) on board the new lifeboat which he had just named " The American Ambassador" at the Atlantic
One of the busiest lifeboat stations in Wales has been given a larger and faster boat as part of a policy to improve the rescue service around a popular stretch of coastline
A new type of inshore lifeboat which will be able to operate at night is undergoing trials in Cardigan Bay, off Aberystwyth
Port Talbots dedicated band of unpaid lifeguards took command of a new high speed rescue craft yesterday, courtesy of locally based components firm Borg Warner Automotive
Bertie Roach and Mike Eynon at Angle lifeboat station after receiving their long-service medals after 20 years with the RNLI
The sea is pool-placid as the sun goes down and the Barry lifeboat stands at her harbour moorings. The chalets of ButlinOs Holiday Camp dominate the darkening skyline. 27th March 1971
Crew of the 16 foot inflatable Little and Broad Haven lifeboat at Little Haven: Brian Dilley, David Love, Chris Williamson and Peter Llewellyn. 25th July 1989
RNLB Arun, the first prototype boat Arun class lifeboat stationed in Barry, Wales. She entered service at St Peter Port in 1972 but moved on to Barry Dock where it was stationed until 1997
Staff at Swanseas Industrial and Maritime Museum have discovered that a dilapidated boat they have been repairing for a few months is of significant importance to Welsh nautical history
RNLI volunteers gather outside Manchester Town Hall on a historic day for charity fundraising. Until the late 1880s, the RNLI mostly relied on wealthy philanthropists for financial support
The coxswain, Mr Fred Warts and the signalman Mr John Wells tie up the Barry lifeboat, the Rachel and Mary Evans, as she arrives back at Barry harbour after her six months refit at Littlehampton
Aberystwyth lifeboat, circa 1900
The Barry lifeboat speeds away from Barry docks on its annual trip to take Christmas food to the crew of the Trinity House Breaksea Lightship. 23rd December 1969
Vivienne Whiteright, Mandy Clarke, and Phillipa Lewis, female crew members of the Little and Broadhaven lifeboat operating the beat at St Brides Bay, Pembrokeshire. 3rd February 1990
A modern self righting lifeboat, the Tyne class lifeboat 47-010 RFA Sir Galahad, at Tenby, Wales. 15th July 1986
Coxswain Frank Tinsley (right) and Mechanical Second Coxswain Fred Mullay at the controls of the Arthur and Blanche Harris during sea trials off Barry. 1st April 1968
Aberystwyths RNLI crew and their boat at the towns fire station. The fire service came to the rescue of the local lifeboat after it had been cut off from its boathouse due to engineering work
Coxswain Frank Tinsley stands in from of the Barry lifeboat RNLB Arthur and Blanche Harris before getting off on its sea trials off the coast of Barry. 1st April 1968
The Barry Dock lifeboat searches for the missing crew members of a tug. 15th January 1966
