LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BOARDING BOAT VEERED TO STRANDED BOAT AppJedore, Devon. On the 2nd April, 1962, the coxswain of the life-boat and other fishermen had returned earlier than usual from salmon fishing because of bad weather. The salmon fishing season had just...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 24th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that smoke signals had been observed about seven miles west-south-west of Clacton pier.

The life-boat II.C.J., on temporary...

TWO MEN SAVED FROM CLUB'S RESCUE BOAT Hastings, Sussex. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 20th May, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that the Hastings and St. Leonards sailing club's rescue boat Anne Bonaventure was in...

At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 21st day of March, 1896, Captain His Royal Highness The DUKE OF YORK, R.N., KG-., in the Chair...

PORT ISAAC and PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

—Oa the morning of the 2ad January a barque, which proved to be the Antoinette, of St. John, New Brunswick, bound from Newport for Santos with coals, was observed about eight miles distant...

ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.

Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collierwhich loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...

ON 20th December, 1925, a blizzard was blowing on the north-east coast, one of the severest for many years. The s.s.

Amble, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a collierwhich loads at Amble, was riding at anchor in Alnmouth Bay, but...

One need only look at the cork-clad oarsmen of over 100 years ago or the 'lady launchers'of the 1950s to see just how much has changed over the decades in saving lives at sea. Today's crews and lifeguards have previously undreamt...