LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 6.12 p.m. on 18th September, 1966, the police informed the coxswain that a skin diver was in difficulties under the cliff between the life-boat station and the coastguard lookout. The coxswain rang the coastguard...

Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 3.33 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that a dinghy had capsized.

Although it had been righted there was no sign of movement from the crew. The life-boat Mary jfoicey was launched at...

Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 5.25 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, a message was received that a dinghy was in difficulties in the Sound of Arisaig, off Glenuig. The life-boat E.M.M. Gordon Cubbin slipped her moorings at 5.35 in a fresh south south...

Millie Crangle is a 9-year-old RNLI supporter and the daughter of volunteer Crew Member Mark. Last year, she took on the Junior Great North Run to help save lives at sea – raising over £400 and
running 4km. Millie says: ‘It...

JANUARY 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 11.48 A.M. a message was received that an aeroplane had come down in the sea off Brighton Palace Pier.

light N.E. breeze was blowing, with moderate swell. At 12.20 P.M. the motor...

Capsized yacht WHILE CROSS CHANNEL FERRY Viking Venturer was entering the Needles Channel on Monday evening July 3 she reported at 2002 the sighting of a capsized and semi-sunken yacht five cables south of Bridge Buoy. There was no sign of...

A stormy sea can very quickly become a cruel sea to a vessel in distress.

Crashing waves prevent rescue vessels getting alongside. And poor visibility can make yards seem like miles.

With the Pains-Wessex...

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