LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Humber, Yorkshire.—22nd March, 1939. A steamer had collided with a trawler seventeen miles N.N.E. of the Humber. She was badly damaged and began to sink, but her crew were rescued by the trawler.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards,...

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 8.14 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the Brighton police had reported that a ten-feet dinghy was adrift one mile south-east of the Brighton Palace pier. At 8.25...

Fred Olsen fund another Fred Olsen, who have been fantastic supporters of the RNLI for several years, are also very close to completing the funding of another Atlantic 75. In fact, Its probably more accurate to say that the passengers and... - View image in PDF

Disaster averted at Whitby When two lifeboatmen at Whitby station spotted a small boat heading seawards one afternoon in January 2003, they knew the crew of three were putting their lives at riskHelmsman John Pearson and Mechanic Glenn...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.45 on the morning of the 17th ofDecember, 1952, the coastguard reported that bad weather had made conditions danger- ous on the outer harbour bar. As fishing boats were still at sea, the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...

Shortly before this issue went to press Hartlepool's Waveney Class lifeboat The Scout capsized twice while on service to the 97,000 ton tanker Freja Svea which was dragging her anchor and eventually went aground in Severe Gale Force...

Stranded on rocks ON HEARING FROM BARRY COASTGUARD, at 2220 on Saturday, September 13, 1975, that red flares had been reported to the west of Brean Down, the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare gave instructions for the maroons to be...

HELPED CATAMARAN Life-boat O.N. 44-001. Later the same day while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was coming out of the river Medina after assisting a sailing dinghy, a catamaran was seen to capsize in the fresh south-westerly breeze...