LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE SEASON is now well under way, so may we wish all our members 'good sailing', and for those members who will not be able to go afloat, a pleasant summer.

While stationed in Ireland as inspector of lifeboats I had...

Small boats in trouble Tenby - West Division Tenby's D class inflatable Charlie B was called to three small-boat casualties in two days during the late spring bank holiday when strong westerly winds reached Force 8. Two calls on one day...

Volunteers Ian and Sue Bell have rather an unusual role with the RNLI – and have raised over £47,000 towards saving lives at sea

This active retired couple take care of the diverse range...

Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 12.34 p.m. on I4th July, 1967, it was noted that eight cobles were at sea and that weather conditions were deteriorating.

The life-boat Mary Joicey was launched at 12.42 in a fresh north...

Hastings, Sussex.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of June, 1951, the North Foreland radio station tele- phoned that the American steamer Sea Cloud, seven miles south of the harbour, had reported a man fallen down her hold. She asked for...

Pye Telecom breaks the silence barrier.

Without instant communication you cannot properly cope with today's changing situations. Two-way radio communication via Pye personal and mobile radiotelephones keeps you off the...

AT 10.8 on the night of the 8th of March, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of the Campbeltown station, Mr. A. P. MacGrory, that the S.S. Gracehill, of Campbeltown, was ashore on Sanda island in thick fog and needed help....

At 5.34 p.m. on 29th August, 1966, it was reported that a fishing boat, one mile off shore, had burned an orange smoke signal. The life-boat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 5.50 and proceeded in an east north easterly breeze and a...