LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charm
MONTROSE, N.B..—On the llth April, at 2 P.M., when blowing hard from the N.E., the schooner Charm, of Montrose, bound from that port to Hartlepool, got ashore at the entrance of the river, and subsequently became a total wreck. The Lifeboat...
Seaway Endeavour
Nine rescued from ketch ashore on sands near Chichester Bar A difficult service which led to the rescue of nine people from a yacht aground on the East Pole Sands, just outside Chichester Harbour, has led to the chairman of the RNLI sending...
The Gratitude and Evelyn and Margaret
APRIL 4TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
During the early afternoon a heavy ground swell was running from the north-east. Incoming fishing cobles reported that the seas were growing, with broken water at the harbour entrance. A...
Braw Lads
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — During a strong E.N.E. gale with a very heavy sea on the llth December, 1937, anxiety was felt for the safety of the Burnmouth fishing yawls returning to harbour. The new motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was...
Hopper No. 2, of Preston
NOVEMBER 16TH - 17TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT, KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, AND MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND. At 8.45 in the evening of November 16th the Kirkcudbright life-boat Morison Watson was launched to the help of Hopper No. 2, of Preston, which was reported...
The Owers Lightship
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard passed on a message from Owers Lightship asking the life-boat to come out to the lightship and take a sick man ashore. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
Lifeboat Services
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...
Category: Services
A History of Bridlington Life-Boats
UNDER the title Men of the Storm, Mr.
H.'E. Whittaker, of Bridlington, has written the history of the Bridlington life-boat station. Mr. Whittaker has also produced and published the book himself and is generously...
Category: Articles
Tireless travels of former cox
Martin Woodward is the former Coxswain of Bembridge Lifeboat Station. Now in his 60s, he could be forgiven for taking it easy after years of dedicated service. Not a chance!
In 2009, Martin climbed Kilimanjaro, Africa’s...
Category: Articles
Darnet
On the evening of the llth July the ketch Darnet, of Maldon, was anchored between the Knocksand Bank and the Main when she parted from her anchor and drifted on to the sand. Later she floated off the sand, but went on to the Main near...