LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 10 A.M. on the 9th March, the sloop Osprey, of Shields, whilst on a voyage from Shields to Dunbar, encountered a strong northerly gale, and, when off Berwick, sprang a leak. Finding himself in a sinking state, the master of the sloop bore...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 8.40 p.m. on 12th December, 1968, the signal station told the honorary secretary that a sick crew member aboard the tanker Chanakya Jayanti of Bombay required medical assistance.

The life-boat...

South West Division German tug, Dutch coaster ON THE AFTERNOON of Tuesday January 3, 1984, the West German tug Fairplay X fouled her propeller in St Ives Bay while trying to pass a towline to the Netherlands coaster Orca; the coaster, her...

Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 5.15 p.m.

on 15th May, 1967, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Beal Inse of Dublin was in urgent need of assistance two miles southwest of Valentia. The...

Western Division Drifting on rocks ST ANN'S COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of St David's lifeboat station at 1138 on Saturday March 11 that MFV 7, on passage from Fishguard to Pembroke, had engine failure west of St...

The Institution has received £5 4s. from two lemons. One was raffled in Birmingham. The other was handed round at a dance in Cheam, to be smelt at a penny a head, and was then auctioned..

Helmsman Edward Brown (left) and Crew Member Robin Middleton, New Brighton. - View image in PDF

Photograph by courtesy of Brian Stevenson.. - View image in PDF