LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

HOLYHEAD.—A telephone message having been received from the Breakwater Lighthouse stating that a boat, containing one man, was drifting across Church Bay and was evidently in need of assistance, on the llth June, the coxswain of the...

FISHING BOAT OVERDUE At 7.36 a.m. on 22nd August, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat's mechanic that a fishing boat with one person on board was reported overdue. At 9.33 this report was confirmed and both the Royal Air Force and...

International assistance from Westcountry lifeboat Penlee's relief Arun class A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge is pictured with two casualties, dealt with in a two-week period.

The lifeboat is pictured preparing to take an...

Part of a lifeguard’s role is to prevent accidents before they happen by giving safety advice – usually on the beach, but sometimes in the heart of the city …

'Help, help,’ shouts an 11-year-old girl to her friend....

During a thick fog on the 5th June, the s.s. Osprey, of London, collided with another steamer and was very seriously damaged. The captain, to prevent his vessel sinking, decided to beach her, and about 3 P.M. she was observed through the fog...

THURSO AND LONGHOPE.

THE Cresswell Life-boat is taking part in a procession in the neighbouring town of Ashington during August in aid of the Institution. It has been possible to arrange this without incurring any expense, as not only has the coal company which...

SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.

THE terrible loss of the Nbrthfleet, and of nearly 400 human beings, who had en- trusted themselves to her safe keeping, has strikingly indicated the need, which had often previously been felt, of some...