LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On 20th September the Royal Firth, of Glasgow, a steamer of about 400 tons, struck the Mahon Rock near the Tuskar Lighthouse, while bound from Blyth to Eosslare laden with coals.

Shortly after 6 P.M. the vessel was seen...

Appledore, Devon. At 10.10 on the night of the 13th of February, 1958, the Westward Ho coastguard told the coxswain that the Dutch motor vessel Abgir was in a dangerous position and dragging her anchor at Down End.

After a...

A large Greek steamer named the Othon Stathatos, of Ithaca, carrying a crew of twenty-three hands, and bound from Penarth to Athens with a cargo of 6,000 tons of coal, struck a submerged rock about two miles north of Pendeen and commenced to...

With the ruins of Flint Castle overlooking the proceedings, Eric Bulling handed D class lifeboat Marjorie Helen over to Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fundraising and marketing on 16 November.

This was Eric's second... - View image in PDF

ANSTRUTHER.—On the 9th November, the Admiral Fitzroy Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 4 men, from the s.s.

Dryad, of Glasgow. The vessel was on a voyage from Montrose to Campbeltown, with barley, and when near the...

Supporters and volunteers from around the UK and Republic of Ireland headed to London for our AGM and Annual Presentation of Awards in May. The awardees included artist Tracey Emin (pictured right). See page 21 for more on a special day that...

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Aberdeen - At 2.9 a.m. on i6th December, 1966, a red flare was sighted north of the river Ythan, and later it was confirmed that the motor fishing vessel Semnos II was aground north of the river estuary. The coastguard L.S.A. company were...