LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CLUNG TO WRECKAGE Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.

At 2.58 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard at St. Just was informed by Land's End radio that a Spanish vessel had gone aground near Mount's...

Angle, Pembrokeshire - At 10.35 p.m.

on 13th November, 1969, news was received that red flares had been sighted by the army authorities off St. Govan's head in the Bullslaughter bay area. The life-boat Richard Vernon...

Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty.

At 9.4 a.m. on 28th October, 1965, a small fishing boat was reported in trouble off Dunrobin Castle, Golspie. The lifeboat Lilla Marras, Douglas and Will proceeded at 9.22 in a violent...

Keeping history preserved I read the feature on the National lifeboat Collection at Chatham with great interest, unfortunately the collection does not include the 'jewel in the crown', the oldest existing lifeboat in the world - the... - View image in PDF

Out-of-control casualty stopped by deliberately fouling propeller Wick lifeboat was involved in an unusual, hazardous and tragic service on 15/16 May 1993 when a helicopter spotted a vessel going round in circles at full power some 14 miles...

SHIPS have always been a favourite subject for stamps. Yet among this multipli- city of stamps concerned with the sea, comparatively little attention has been paid to that very necessary aspect of life at sea, namely, the life-boats which...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 11.53 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1960, the honorary secretary received a message through the British Railways wireless station asking for the life-boat to go to the help of a yacht which was sinking...

FROM ITS FOUNDATION in 1824, until the reign of George V, the Institution's medals were designed by officials of the Royal Mint. By courtesy of the Deputy Master, I am able to illustrate photographs of the original dies (Figs. 1 and 2),...