The Wells lifeboat disaster occurred in 1880 when the RNLI lifeboat Eliza Adams, based at Wells-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk, attempted...

The Caister lifeboat disaster of 13 November 1901 occurred off the coast of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. It took place during what became known as...

Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall, England. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat Solomon...

"Lifeboat Disaster at Yarmouth: The Eastern Daily Press" 12 November 1888 Morris, Jeff (March 2004). The Closed Lifeboat Stations of Kent. Lifeboat Enthusiasts...

Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboat Station is located at the end of Beach Road, about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, on the north coast...

Compounding the disaster, Titanic's crew was poorly trained on using the davits (lifeboat launching equipment). As a result, lifeboat launches were slow...

Volunteer Lifeboat Service, or Caister Lifeboat, is based at Caister-on-Sea in Norfolk, and operates one of only three offshore lifeboats in the UK that...

lifeboat house, built in the 1860s and now used as the harbour office, is at the western end of the quay. In 1880, during the Wells lifeboat disaster...

landholder's agent Charles Boycott. 29 October – Wells lifeboat disaster: RNLI life-boat Eliza Adams of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, capsizes on service; 11...

Sundays during the summer. In 1866, the first lifeboat house was built, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), on the cliffs above Old Cart...

aground on Hammond's Knoll off Happisburgh, nearly led to disaster when the motor lifeboat H. F. Bailey rolled onto her side, throwing five of her crew...

survivors by 09:15 on 15 April. The disaster shocked the world and caused widespread outrage over the lack of lifeboats, lax regulations, and the unequal...

Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster or the Mexico Disaster. The station was closed in 1925 by the RNLI. The Lifeboat house was used by the council...

When the ship sank, the lifeboats that had been lowered were only filled up to an average of 60%. 706 people survived the disaster and were conveyed by Carpathia...

VII with the RNLI Gold Medal for his efforts in the 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster, which claimed the lives of nine men. Amongst those lost were two...

Cromer lifeboat made two attempts to get a line to the English Trader without success. A further attempt at rescue resulted in a near disaster for the...

D-class (IB1) lifeboats are inflatable boats serving in the RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) fleet as well as a number of Independent Lifeboats around the UK...

Wexford Lifeboat Station is the base for a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) inshore lifeboat at Wexford in Ireland. The first lifeboat for Wexford...

Southport Lifeboat Station is a former lifeboat station, located in the Victorian seaside town of Southport, situated to the south of the River Ribble...

were stowed port and starboard alongside the emergency lifeboat cutters. After the Titanic disaster, recommendations were made by both the British and American...

that may help to shed light on the disaster. Ships took photographs of icebergs near the spot where Titanic's lifeboats were found. The iceberg is purportedly...

the ships involved just ran aground. The Cromer lifeboat had been alerted to the unfolding disaster out on Haisbro Sands at 8:00 am on 6 August. The...

requesting a lifeboat be placed at Brancaster, to cover the gap of 15 miles (24 km) between to the two flanking lifeboat stations of Hunstanton and Wells-next-the-Sea...

Media reports used the "Captain Calamity" epithet when Hill caused five lifeboat launches and two rescue helicopter call-outs during a failed attempt to...

ropes on to the motor lifeboat Agnes Cross. One of the crewmen carefully cradled the ship's black cat Tishy as he boarded the lifeboat. The rescue had taken...

a disaster fund raised more than £77,000 in less than a month. By the time a relief lifeboat arrived at Broughty Ferry two weeks after the disaster, 38...

A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship. Lifeboat drills...

was one of seven swimmers picked up by lifeboat 4, although two later died from exposure during the night. Lifeboat 4's occupants were picked up by the rescue...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic...

The Augusta was a private lifeboat which was stationed in the town of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk She was launched on 14 November 1838...