LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.5 a.m. on 6th September, 1968, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen in Bowleaze cove. Twenty minutes later the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke was launched. It was low water. She came up with the cabin...

MR. ERNEST MARPLES, Minister of Transport, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service for the year 1959/60 jointly to the Rattray Head and Fraserburgh life-saving appliance companies of H.M. Coastguard for the rescue of the crew of...

THE subject of the Mariner's Compass has for many years past been considered a most important one, and has had great attention bestowed on it, especially since the introduction of iron as a material for building ships. Large masses of...

BLACKPOOL.—The boat, which has recently been sent to this station by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIM-BOAT INSTITUTION, was designed by Mr. G. L. WATSON, Con- salting Naval Architect to the Institution, specially to meet the views of the Black- pool...

LIFELINE When it comes to Life's Little or (BIG) Emergencies It is always handy to have a lifeline, a cellphone lifeline that iSi For the last 2 years we have been providing just that via our 999 network programme - providing Police...

A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...

At about 7 o'clock on the following morning flares were shown by a vessel in distress in Corton Eoads. The wind was blowing from the N.E., and the sea was rough at the time. The Lowestoft Lifeboat proceeded to her assistance, and found...

30 January: Teignmouth lifeboat rescued five fishermen from a capsized trawler near the mouth of the River Teign. Volunteer Press Officer Tony Watson says: ‘This just shows that accidents can happen, even to...