LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Arbroath, Angus—On the morning of the 30th January the bar off the harbour entrance was very unsafe, owing to a very heavy easterly swell.

Eight of the local fishing boats had not returned, and the motor life-boat John and...

OFF BEACHY HEAD Eastbourne, Sussex.—At about 6.0 ill the morning of the 31st of March, 1947, the coastguard reported that a boat, with one man on board, was drag- ging her anchor and making flares five and a half miles south-west of the...

Godzilla looks as if she is beginning to feel the pace. It is hardlv surprising as she has had to battle against a strong northerly wind on her way into Portrush harbour, before turning for the finishing tine to overall first place in the... - View image in PDF

SEPTEMBER 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A steamer had gone aground on the Mersey revetment, but refloated with the help of tugs. - Rewards, £6 18s..

NOVEMBER 3RD. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. Two men had been reported in difficulties near some rocks, but nothing was found and it was presumed that porpoises had been mistaken for men. - Rewards, £6 3s..

JUNE 3RD. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. A civilian passenger aeroplane left St. Mary’s and never reached the mainland, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 18s.

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Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...