LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

A telephone message was received at 9.30 P.M. on I the 10th December, reporting that a vessel was driving ashore and was in want of assistance. The rocket appa- ratus was despatched and the Life-boat Eliza Avins was launched. On arrival...

GROVES AND GUTTRIDGE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BUILT RNLI LIFE-BOATS SINCE 1931 AND ARE NOW BUILDING MORE AT EAST COWES ISLE OF WIGHT (Tel: 098-382-2561).

FEBRUARY 6TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 8 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Forewick Holm, Papa Stour.

A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a rough and increasing sea, and it was snowing. The motor...

FEBRUARY 3RD. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.

At 1.5 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a ship’s life-boat about 1 1/2 miles N. of Carr Rock, Berwick-on-Tweed, with men on board, was in need of help. A full...

Fishermen stranded by engine failure There are many situations that a lifeboat coxswain does not look forward to.

Bad weather, manoeuvring with boats close together, towing a heavy, unwieldy vessel, waiting at sea for the...

In November 1997, the Thurso branch again held their Christmas fayre in the Royal Hotel. The special guest of the event was Mr Santa Clause who arrived by car due to the lack of snow but did manage to bring his bag of goodies which went down... - View image in PDF

Berwick - on - Tweed, Northumberland; and Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 7.35 in the morning on the 31st of January, 1950, the Berwick coastguard telephoned the Berwick life-boat authorities that a railway signalman had reported a vessel...

On the morning of the 16th Nov., the services of the tubular Life-boat were re- quired by a large barque ashore on the West Middle Line. She proceeded out at once, and, at the request of the master, remained alongside the stranded vessel,...