LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AUGUST 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 12.12 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that two persons were clinging to a small sailing boat which had capsized. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, the sea was smooth, but it was raining hard...

An icy plunge When Portsmouth's volunteers heard that a man was trapped in icy waters below a pier, they knew they were in a race against timePolice officers had been called to Portsmouth's South Marine Parade Pier on the evening of...

Three boats TWO DINGHIES in difficulties were reported to the honorary secretary of Wicklow lifeboat station at 1655 on Monday April 16. The first dinghy, with two adults and five children on board, was a mile south of the lifeboat station...

TAKING OUT A PILOT Aith, Shetlands.—At 9.30 in the morning of January 10th, 1947, the harbour-master at Lerwick telephoned that Wick Radio had transmitted a 'message from the S.S. Irish Fir, of Dublin, which was storm-bound in...

Developments for 1931.

THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition has now been held for ten years. Started in 1918, it was held in that year and the two following years. In 1921,1922 and 1923 no...

BY the death of Mrs. Lotinga Smith, of Gedling, Nottingham, on the 26th of December, 1950, at the age of 93, the Institution has lost its oldest honorary worker. In spite of her age, and in spite of ill-health, she refused to give up and...

THE ROYAL EVENT OF 1993 The 40th anniversary of H.M. Queen Elizabeth IPs Coronation The Coronation D rv Plate Limited Edition 5000 The 2nd of June 1953 will always be remembered as the day H.M. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster...

Even on what could be considered a 'routine' service lifeboat crews can face hazardous conditions and often considerable risk. Imagine then the types of service which warrant special recognition, and consider the acts of bravery...