LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 14th of November, 1956, the skipper of the fishing boat Provider A reported that there were heavy seas on the harbour bar and that his own vessel had had great difficulty in reaching the...

Clacton- on- Sea, Essex.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the crew of a yacht were shouting for help south- west of Buxey Sands. At 6.30 the life-boat //. C. J., on temporary duty at the station...

Rhyl, Flintshire. At 6.37 on the evening of the 22nd of June, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report from the Rhyl police that a child was adrift on a rubber raft, which was floating out to sea off the Golden Sands...

AT 6.20 on the evening of the 4th of October, 1960, the honorary secretary of the Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, life-boat station, Mr. A. Westcott-Pitt, learnt from the coxswain, Patrick Power, that two barges, which had been shelter- ing in...

Swanage, Dorset. At 3.55 on the afternoon of the 8th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht whose sails had apparently been carried away seemed to be in difficulties a mile and a half off Peveril Point....

by Maggie Murray/Format The five medallists arrive for a photocall at Tower Pier, on the Thames, before the Presentation of Awards at the Royal Festival Hall on 14 May 1991.. - View image in PDF

Ramsey's Mersey Ann and James Ritchie launches on a flag day. On the day of the Vellum service seas were breaking across the promenade on to the boathouse doors. Photo Roger Oram. - View image in PDF

Workington's unique davit launch system for the station's Tyne class lifeboat is housed in a strictly functional building just outside the Prince of Wales dock - at the root of the pier in the main photo - having been outside in the... - View image in PDF