LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TOW FOR FISHING BOAT IN FOG Dungeness, Kent. At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 6th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing boat Sea Venture was overdue. She had last been seen south of Newcombe buoy at...

THREE FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED OVER BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.48 on the afternoon of the 12th December, 1962, the coxswain telephoned the honorary secretary to report that three local fishing vessels were still at sea although the weather...

LAUNCH IN WORST BLIZZARD IN LIVING MEMORY Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. On the 5th February, 1963, the worst blizzard in living memory occurred and all road and air transport came to a halt. By the 8th there was an acute shortage of food, and...

WOMAN BROUGHT TO MAINLAND FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th May, 1963, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman, who was dangerously ill, from Aran to the...

MOTOR CRUISER FIRES DISTRESS SIGNALS Dover, Kent. At one o'clock on the morning of Monday the 15th of July, 1963, the Folkestone coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had been seen firing red flares half a mile south of...

DRIFTING TRIMARAN TOWED TO SAFETY Howth, Co. Dublin. At eight o'clock on the morning of Saturday the 10th of August, 1963, the Baily lighthousekeeper told the honorary secretary that a trimaran had been seen drifting and apparently out...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.30 p.m.

on 3rd June, 1965, the motor fishing vessel Rapid was reported overdue. The coxswain contacted Ballycotton lighthouse in order to find out if they could see the Rapid. The lighthouse...

Photograph by courtesy c/ t EI1JOVS ITS WORK On the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inshore Rescue Boats Evinrude motors have to work hard.

Have to be ready for action all the time, reliable, powerful. And they always...