LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong...

Notes of the Quarter from page III Elmy put out to the help of a fishing boat. The fishing boat's crew were taken aboard the lifeboat, but as she was returning to harbour the lifeboat capsized with the loss of the whole lifeboat crew and...

SHORELINE MAKES MARINE LOANS PLAIN SAILING A new boat? a refit? Or just a little help with annual expenses? Whatever your requirements, if you're an RNLI supporter you can apply for a loan at an attractive rate of interest from...

MIDNIGHT SEARCH FOR MISSING ROWING BOATS Weymouth, Dorset. At 10.50 on the night of the 23rd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the owner of several rowing boats on the sea front had repotted that two of his...

LAUNCH TO MOTOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11.45 on the morning of the 31st May, 1962, the coxswain reported that because of the bad weather the whole of the local fishing fleet had returned early with the exception of the...

YACHT'S CREW RESCUED BY FISHING VESSEL North Sunderland, Northumberland.

At 3.55 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized about a mile and a...

COBLES ESCORTED AS GALE SPRINGS UP Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the 18th January, 1963, the weather deteriorated rapidly, and as several local fishing boats were at sea the honorary secretary gave permission for the life-boat to be launched....

In September John Cook, honorary secretary of Claygate branch, and Dave Avey from Brighton, undertook a long, 72-mile sponsored walk around the island of Malta.

Sponsored by Monarch Airlines the two friends raised... - View image in PDF