LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A one-sided fight at Hornchurch. A member of the Metropolitan Police Force womens' self defence team makes light work of a would-be attacker during a demonstration at Hornchurch and Rainham branch's silver jubilee... - View image in PDF

Three saved by D class as casualty breaks up A service by Bembridge's D class inshore lifeboat has led to a letter from the Chairman of the Institution congratulating the helmsman and crew members for their courage and teamwork - which...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—10th September.

A fishing boat was expected to make for the harbour, and the life-boat put out to escort her in, but she ran for Scarborough instead. — Rewards, £5 12s. Qd..

20th August. A Dart- mouth boat was thought to be missing, but was found to have been moored at Kingswear, on the other side of the river, without the knowledge of the owner.—Rewards, £11 15s. 6d..

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 30th October, 1938. A fishing boat with three on board had capsized, but two coastguards rescued one man who was clinging to her. His two companions could not be found.—Rewards, £11 15s..

SEPTEMBER 22ND. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. A ship’s boat had been reported adrift, but it could not be found, and it was learned from boatmen, who had seen the drifting boat some hours earlier, that there was no one on board. - Rewards,...

In 1946, the lifeboat station on Valentia Island reopened after more than 50 years. ‘I was just 3 years old,’ remembers Dick. ‘Sitting high on my daddy’s shoulders, the vision of the lifeboat and the knowledge that its volunteer crew were...

Skegness lifeboats – an illustrated history 
by Nicholas Leach
Review by Rory Stamp

Take a walk today along the beach at Skegness, Lincolnshire, and there are plenty of signs of the times on view...