LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising his leadership, seamanship and...

LlZARD AND CADGWITH. The S.S. Suffolk, of London, 2,900 tons, bound from Baltimore for London, with a cargo of flour, tobacco, &c., and having a large number of cattle on board, struck the rocks at the Lizard Head during a dense fog at 4...

The Lizard, Cadgwith, and Falmouth, Cornwall.—The S.S. Flying Enterprise, of New York, had been drifting help- lessly in the Atlantic Ocean for over a week, with only her captain on board.

She was listing very heavily. On...

Engine room. Fig. 1 (above) Tank top has been fitted between starboard engine bearers, forming top of starboard watertight double bottom, and plywood floors (pierced with ventilation holes) have been fitted in wing compartments.. - View image in PDF

18 December: Both Eastbourne lifeboats were launched when distress flares were spotted 2 miles south of Beachy Head. A pilot boat that was first on the scene took a lone angler off the ablaze 8.3m motor cruiser...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

Hanna Nuuttila, RNLI Crew Member from New Quay, Cardiganshire, is the RNLI Photographer of the year 2008. Hanna’s winning entry shows Pwllheli’s Mersey class lifeboat Lilly and Vincent Anthony going to the aid of the yacht Galasma in force 8...

The weather was especially unforgiving back in the Winter, whether it caused inland flooding or offshore accidents. As you’ll read in our rescue pages, it led to challenging times for our Flood Rescue Team and lifeboat...