LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Voices
VOICes ‘The lifeboat volunteers make me proud to be British.’ Murray Walker The voice of Formula One tells Rory Stamp of his admiration for the RNLI’s crews ‘I’ve always had immeasurable respect for them,’ says Murray Walker as he watches...
Category: Articles
Miss Modesty
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i p.m.
on 25th April, 1967, a converted prawner was endeavouring to sail up river but was not making much progress against the ebbing spring tide. The yacht was kept under observation and by 6...
Vessel overdue
On Tuesday 24 June, Julie Maskell had just arrived for duty in the RNLI Operations room at Poole. She settled into her chair and hoped for a quiet evening. Moments later, at 6pm, she received a call from Arqiva’s control room. As well as...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Bodil
The s.s. Bodll, of Esbjerg, was totally wrecked on the ! Haisborough Sands on the 27th May whilst bound from Sweden to South- | ampton with a cargo of timber. A i strong N.E. breeze was blowing at the time and the sea was rough. A...
Reaching the limits
It was the morning of Saturday 24 May 2008 and the sailor, en route from the Azores to Ireland, was in considerable pain. He struggled to control his yacht in the rough seas that would inevitably worsen – gales were expected for the evening....
Category: Articles
Silver Line, Boys Own, Quest and Margaret Ann
Flamborough, Yorkshire. Towards noon on the morning of the 26th of September, 1959, the weather grew worse at a time when several local fishing cobles were still at sea. The sea was rough, there was a strong northerly wind, and it was high...
(Right) Members of His Crew
members of his crew. They are (I to r) Fred Menzies, Bill Duthie, Graham Clark, Donald Birnie, lain Sutherland, Robert Morrice and James Buchan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Emperor and Girl of Devon
CAISTER.— At 9 P.M. on the 13th October, the No. 2 Life-boat Godsend was launched during a strong gale from the N. and a very heavy sea, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Emperor, of Banff, and the three-masted schooner...
Silver Line & Star of Hope
On the 15th July the local fishing cobles put out early in the morning to haul their crab pots, but were overtaken by bad weather, and all returned to harbour except two, the Silver Line and the Star of Hope. A moderate N. breeze was...
Letters
It is a comfort to know . . .
On Sunday October 22, I was a guest aboard Yarmouth lifeboat when she was required to answer the tragic call in Christchurch Bay. Although the sea was quiet at the time, I must say that I was...
Category: Correspondence