LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Arklow, Go. Wicklow.—At 6.5 on the evening of the 24th of November, 1953, fishermen reported that a boat had burnt flares north of Arklow harbour.

At 6.30 the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched. The sea was rough, with a...

Drifting in a raging storm in the middle of the Irish Sea, the crew of the stricken Greek freighter, Nafsiporos, feared they’d never see their families again. Who had the skill and courage to get to them in time? It’s only 3½ weeks...

In the House of Commons in April the Secretary of State for Defence was asked how many times in the last three years the helicopter then at Manston, Kent, had been used to assist in sea rescue operations, and how many people had been rescued...

OCTOBER 2ND. - SWANAGE, DORSET.

During an air battle a British aeroplane was reported to have fallen into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £5 13s..

APRIL 10TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.

An R.A.F. fighter aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £11 8s..

SEPTEMBER 7TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. An aeroplane was thought to have come down in the sea, but it had come down on land. - Rewards, £5 4s..

Margate, Kent. At 11.6 on the morning of the 22nd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht was in difficulties a mile east of Queen's buoy, and that the motor vessel Miletence was standing by unnl the...

THE photograph on the cover is of Coxswain Alfred Cadman, D.S.M., of Dover. Although he was appointed coxswain as recently as August, 1960, the demands on the Dover life-boat have been such that since his appointment she has been launched...