LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SEARCH FOR YACHT REPORTED ON FIRE Troon, Ayrshire. At 1.34, early on the morning of the 13th May, 1962, the coastguard told the honorary secretary a message had been received that a yacht was on fire somewhere in the Sound of Bute and said...

AUXILIARY KETCH TOWED TO HARBOUR Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 10.20 on the evening of the 27th May, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the master of the Galloper lightvessel had reported that a large auxiliary ketch...

Crowded hour THE OUTBOARD ENGINE of an inflatable dinghy broke down just as she was clearing Shoreham Harbour eastern breakwater on the afternoon of Sunday, August 1. A message came from HM Coastguard at 1521, saying that the dinghy, with...

Injured man A YACHT AGROUND in Worbarrow Bay was reported to the deputy launching authority of Weymouth lifeboat station at 0006 on Sunday September 24, 1978, and at 0030 the 54ft Arun lifeboat Tony Vandervell, with Coxswain Alfred Pavey in...

A GREAT PROBLEM is posed by protective clothing. 'Oilskins' made of a single layer of waterproof material will keep out the wet, but, because of the difference in temperature between the outside atmosphere and the body heat, and...

67 saved from stranded factory ship in Storm Force winds Lerwick's Arun class lifeboat Soldian was involved in another service to a Russian factory ship on 31 October 1994, another service in very bad weather and involving the evacuation...

'Oh, we'll be there from about eight, see you when you arrive' said the cheerful voice on the other end of the phone. As I put the handset down I reflected on the distance some of those 'we's would have to travel to be at...

Recently I came across some old photographs which I am sending to you hoping they will be of interest. In 1937 we were spending a family holiday in St Ives, Cornwall, and one day during our first week we found ourselves, with other holiday... - View image in PDF