LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...

Scotland North Division Twenty-nine rescued JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT on Monday September 29, 1980, the deputy launching authority of Stornoway lifeboat station was informed by HM Coastguard that the 1,615 gross ton motor fishing vessel Junella...

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Ireland Division Harbour tug to the rescue AT ABOUT NOON on Saturday, January 12,1974, the Royal Ulster Constabulary were told that a small dinghy was in difficulties off Ballgalley Head. Police Sergeant D. McCutcheon drove out to the Head...

North Western Division MFV on lee shore AT 2350 ON JUNE 8, 1974, Edwin B.

Brown, an ILB crew member at New Brighton, Merseyside, was told that a fishing boat appeared to be aground on a lee shore in Rock Channel. He...

August, September and October 1996 Aberdeen, Grampian Arun: Aug 9, Sep 12, and Oct 23 D class: Oct 19 and 22 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 2 (twice), 4 (five times), 10, 13, 21, Sep 11, 23, Oct 4, 5 (twice), and 31 Abersoch,...

Eastern Division Explosion at sea AN EXPLOSION, on the night of November 15, 1973, aboard the 300-ton deep-sea trawler Boston Jaguar, 37 miles 020° (T) from Cromer, Norfolk, left the ship without steering gear, with her mate killed and...

LIFEBOAT STAYS WITH CASUALTY FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS Help for disabled MFV in severe gale force winds Whitby's relief Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher was on service for some 12 hours on 3 April 1990 when three fishing vessels...