LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

OCTOBER 30TH. - ABERDEEN. A 6.40 A.M. a message was received that the S.S. Lisbon had been torpedoed, and the lifeboat crew was asked to stand by. At 7.42 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 7.42 A.M., but she was asked to...

STAITHES, YORKSHIRE. — The steam trawler Maggie Ross stranded on the rocks at Boulby in hazy weather about 4 A.M. on the 27th March, while bound from Aberdeen to Hull with a cargo of fish. About 7 A.M. three of the crew of the vessel arrived...

Man in the Run HEARING FROM the Coastguard, at 1546 on November 9, 1974, that a 999 call had reported that a man had fallen into the Run at Mudeford, both Michael Parker and his wife Sally, the station administrative officer, ran out of...

THE ROYAL EVENT OF THE YEAR! The 40th Anniversary of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II's Accession to the Throne.

SIX MAGNIFICENT COMMEMORATIVE PIECES TO HONOUR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH ll ACCESSION TO THE...

Coaster capsized A CARGO VESSEL, Nimrod, with a list to starboard and requiring urgent assistance was reported to the honorary secretary of Cromer lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0358 on Monday November 14, 1977. Her position was given...

THE Institution has awarded its silver medal to Coxswain W. H. Jones, of New Brighton; second-service clasps to the bronze medals they already hold to Second Coxswain J. Nicholson and Motor Mechanic W. Garbutt; its bronze medal to Second...

Buy a rose for the RnLI Chris was ‘shocked and fl attered’ to be invited by the national Rose Society to put his name to one of the new 007 series of roses, pictured above: ‘The Rosa Chris Beardshaw, produced by C & K Jones, is big, pink... - View image in PDF

To WILLIAM WATTS WILLIAMS, on his retirement, after serving for 19| years as coxswain of the St. David's life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service, a gratuity and a retirement allowance.

To MATTHEW LETHBBIDGE,...