LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A VERY fine service in which the crew of the Newburgh Life-boat and men of H.M. Destroyers Vampire and Vendetta played a gallant part, took place on October 19th, the anniversary of the wreck of the Hopelyn last year, off Belhelvie, near...

KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—The schooner Mary Jane, of Barrow, which had left Maryport for Port William with a cargo of coal on the 22nd March, entered the river on the 23rd March at 2.30 A.M., and lay in Boss roads awaiting suitable weather to enable...

.— On the 6th February, shortly after midday, the barque Marianna, of Arendal, in tow, was observed about one and a half miles off Port Patrick with a heavy list and not able to steer. There was a strong S.W. wind and heavy ...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.27 on the night of the 18th of July, 1951, a wireless message was received from the Island of Jethou that the motor boat Togo had broken down and was drifting south of Herm. At 11.3 the life-boat Queen...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Island Commission of St. John Ambu- lance that the ambulance launch was under...

Front row (I to r) Mrs Madron, Mrs Richards and Mrs Blewett of Penlee, with the medallists (each row I to r, starting from front): Motor Mechanic Robert Vowles, Coxswain Michael Scales and Second Coxswain Peter Bougourd, St Peter Port;... - View image in PDF

With a yacht pinned to rocks in 60mph winds and driving rain, Tobermory lifeboat crew would need to quickly overcome some hurdles to save the four people onboard

The 2018 summer heatwave took a dramatic turn at the end of...

Tower Lifeboat Station is the busiest in the UK. To find out exactly what life is like for the crew members that save lives on the capital's most famous waterway, Writer Catherine Richards spent 24 hours shadowing a shift ....