LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of Novem- ber, 1957, the crew of the fishing boat Faith Star reported on their return from fishing that the sea was breaking on the bar and that conditions were becoming...

Launches 33. Lives rescued 42.

MARCH 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Just after 5 p.m. the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Water Lily, which could be seen about three miles north of Margate pier, appeared to be in...

ON the morning of 17th January the 2,500-ton steamer Plawsworth, of New- castle-on-Tyne, which was at anchor off Workington, Cumberland, dragged her anchors in a south-west gale, and went ashore. A very heavy sea was...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

By VIOLET GLOAG (12J) Ann Street School, Dundee.

What are the Qualities which make a Good Life-boatman ? ONE of the most essential noble qualities that make a good life-boatman is that of bravery. His is not the bravery...

SINCE 1875 the Institution has maintained a Life-boat Station at Staithes, in Yorkshire, and its Life-boats have rescued 56 lives from shipwreck. In 1922, however, the Institution was compelled to close it, as there was considerable...

Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1957, the watchman on the east pier tele- phoned that a motor yacht off Main Sands between Ramsgate and Broad- stairs was burning flares. Ten minutes later the life-boat Michael...

On Saturday, July 2 Port St Mary lifeboat, the 54' Arun The Cough Ritchie, went to the help of a small boat reported drifting with a fouled propeller on to the rocks below Ronaldsway Flying Club, about eight miles north east of the... - View image in PDF