LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—On the 20th September, at about 12.30 A.M., the ship Paul Boyton, of Yarmouth, N.S., 1097 tons, bound from Baltimore to Hamburg with a cargo of maize, went ashore on the Goodwin Sands during a fresh wind from the W....

CAISTER, NORFOLK.—The No. 2 Lifeboat Beauchamp was called out on service on the morning of the 23rd January and was launched at 4.20, signals of distress having been shown on the north part of the Barber Sands. On arriving there the fishing...

The first lifeboat day to be held at the Shires Family Adventure Park near Wadebridge, proved to be a big success with around £200 raised for RNLI funds - plus a rescue operation was completed on dry land without a crew member in... - View image in PDF

DEAL.—On the night of the 11th November, at 10.30 P.M., the Deal Life-boat, the Van Kook, was launched through a heavy surf to the aid of the barque Tonmaur, of Fowey, which was fast driving to the shore near that place. With the assistance...

• Patrick Howarth, who retired as the RNLI's public relations officer in 1979, is far from retired from his career as an author. His latest book, George VI (Hutchinson, £12.50) recently published, is a meticulous biography of a shy,...

Coverack, Cornwall. At 4.38 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a dinghy appeared to be in difficulties and was being blown ashore on Low- land Point. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham...

The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards, held on 18 May 2000, once again took place at the Barbican Centre in the City of London. The morning AGM allowed Chairman David Acland, who retires at the end of July, to...

A new 37-foot Oakley life-boat now under construction, which is to be stationed at Ilfracombe, North Devon, will bear the name "Lloyd's" in recognition of the financial support given every year by members of Lloyd's to the...