LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Cold, wet and darkness form a classic environment for fear, and if this trio is mixed with the other fierce ingredients of a sea driven to fury by a winter storm hurling its strength against an unyielding tidal stream, it would take a truly...

Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Moelfre lifeboat station was informed by Holyhead Coastguard at 0845 on Sunday September 21, 1980, that the yacht July Morn had reported that she was in difficulties, her rudder broken, 100 yards off...

THE ocean lies in peaceful sleep, Its waters murmuring low, The tumult of the waves is gone, And Boreas presses slow.

The sky now frowns and grim the arch That spans the watery way, The sea full rises in revolt And joins in...

South Eastern Division Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and...

YACHT ON THE ROCKS When a small motor yacht grounded on Longnose Ledge off Kent on 19thJuly, 1971, Margate Coastguard reported at 12.34 a.m. that the vessel was seriously damaged and was in danger of sinking. The crew could be heard shouting...

THE total number of launches by life- boats on service in 1960 was 714, the lives of 367 people being saved thereby.

The number of launches was appre- ciably less than in 1959, which had been a truly remarkable year, with a...

All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...

Feast your eyes on a batch of tasty RNLI treats celebrating 150 years of support from the Communications and Public Service Lifeboat Fund

Every slice of these spectacular RNLI-flavoured cakes is benefiting The Lifeboat...