LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.35 on the morning of the llth of February, 1956, the motor mechanic heard a distress message on his wireless set from the tug Rumania. The tug said that she was aground on the Long Sand and needed help. At...

Aith, Shetland*, and Droughty Ferry, Dundee.

Two naming ceremonies of new motor life-boats took place in Scotland during September, at Aith in the Shetlands and Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Both life- boats were the gifts of...

1 - No. 1100 R.A.F. Marine Craft Unit.

2 - R.N. Whirlwinds from station flight available for S.A.R. duty from 08.00 hours to sunset.

3 - Coastal Command Shackletons available for long range S.A.R.

1st August. A bather got into difficulties, but was helped ashore by life-lines.—Rewards, £2 15s. 6d..

JULY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.15 P.M. the Ramsgate naval base asked the life-boat crew to stand by from 3 P.M.

This they did. An hour later they were asked to go out to a rubber dinghy reported to be off Birchington with...

A Startling Compendium of Facts, Feats and Figures THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF NAUTICAL TERMS UNDER SAIL An illustrated guide to the language of the great sailing ships and the men aboard them Fascinating, unusual, and always with a sound...

When bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith isn’t penning adventures set in Scotland and Botswana, he plots his own dramatic course on the water …

You published five books in 2015 alone – how do you manage to be so...

Appledore's new Tyne class lifeboat was named at a ceremony at the town's quay on 25 June 1988.

Major David Gibson, elder son of George Gibson, the donor after whom the boat is named, handed the boat over to Air... - View image in PDF