LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shearwater
The Caister No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, put off at 4.35 A.M. on the 4th February, signals of distress having been observed by the watchmen during a strong breeze from the N.W. On reaching the Middle Cross Sand, on which a heavy sea was...
H.M. Submarine Thetis
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—On the 1st June H.M. Submarine Thetis dived, while on trials in Liverpool Bay about fifteen miles from Llandudno, and did not come to the surface. On the following morning four survivors escaped by means of the...
Mrs Patsy Milligan,
Mrs Patsy Milligan, a staunch member of Portpatrick branch. Mrs Milligan was treasurer of the branch from 1973 although her connections with the RNLI began at her birth as her father and brother were members of the lifeboat crew. She also...
Category: Obituaries
Accept No Substitute
Radios, helicopters, MRCCs - they have all altered the face of modern Search and Rescue.
But there are things for which the lifeboat is still best, as two friends of yachting writer and television broadcaster Malcolm McKeag...
Category: Articles
Money in 2012
HOW WE SPEND DONATIONS
It costs us over £140M each year to run our lifesaving service and, in 2012, we also spent over £35M on capital items such as lifeboats and lifeboat stations.
2012 FINANCIAL...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Westown
FEBRUARY 16TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
At about 2.30 P.M. information was received through the St. Anthony coastguard that a steamer was in difficulty in Gerrans Bay. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...
Surfboards
Surfer saved by D class in appal l|n g conditionsTramore's D class inflatable saved a surfer on 6 June lastyear in conditions which tested both the lifeboat and her crew to the limit.
In conditions which turned out to...
William Pirie
William Pirie, coxswain of Whitehills lifeboat from 1957 to 1969. He joined the crew as bowman in 1949 and was second coxswain from 1952 until his appointment as coxswain..
Category: Obituaries
Diana
The ketch Diana, of Rye, bound from that port to St. Andrews with a cargo of gravel, arrived on the 13th April, but was unable to make the harbour owing to the state of the tide. The captain there- fore anchored about a mile to the north of...
Olympic spirit
Looking forward to the Olympics? We are, and we’re lucky enough to be involved in a number of ways.
Lifeboat crews will provide additional safety cover during the Olympic and Paralympic sailing events off the Dorset coast,...
Category: Articles