LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

German tug, Dutch coaster ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday January 3, 1984, the West German tug Fairplay X fouled her propeller in St Ives Bay while trying to pass a towline to the Netherlands coaster Orca; the coaster, her engine disabled, had...

On the 26th January at 7.35 A.M the Gun- fleet Light-house commenced to fire guns signifying that a vessel was on the sands, and within ten minutes the Life- boat James Stevens No. 14 was on her way to help those on board. The Life- boat had...

UP to the present all the motor life- boats in the Institution's fleet have been driven by petrol engines. The reason has been that, although the heavy oil used in Diesel engines is less inflammable than petrol, and the risk of fire much...

IT is now six years since the first experiments were made with Motor Caterpillar Tractors for launching Lifeboats off flat beaches. Tractors have been placed at a number of Stations, and although the type used has not been suitable for...

THE General Strike started at midnight on Monday, 3rd May, and all the regular transport by rail and road ceased at once. On Wednesday, 12th May, shortly after midday, the strike was called off, but it was not until the Saturday that normal...

Portsmouth lifeboat volunteers Peter Slidel and Tina Parkinson were going about their daily lives on 27 February when a drama started to unfold before them.

Peter says: ‘I was enjoying a coffee at Tina’s burger van when I...

Newspoint Ten years after the capsize of the Salcombe lifeboat the double capsize of Hartlepool's Waveney class lifeboat in February 1993 brings home once again that the sea is a harsh mistress, and that those who venture...

Skegness, Lincolnshire. —• llth June.

An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £6 11s. 6d..