LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FOUR BOATS AND CREWS SAVED IN deteriorating weather conditions on 8th November, 1971, the 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, stationed at Kirkwall, Orkney, went to the aid of the Danish fishing vessel Clupea which had broken...

NORTHUMBERLAND. — Oh the morning of the 17th November; while a large number of fishing-boats were out, the wind rose, on the turn of the tide, to a strong gale from S.E. The sea was also very rough. The cobles that were nearest the shore...

D class inflatable tows large yacht to safety A service to a yacht by Lough Swilly's D class inshore lifeboat last July has earned the station a letter of congratulation from the RNLI's chief of operations, Commodore George Cooper....

Aberdeen. Grampian D class: July 6 Aberdovey. Gwynedd At/antic 21: July 11, 15, 19 (twice) and 24 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17 (twice), 21 (three times). July 6. 8. 25 (three times). 26 (twice). 29 and 31 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class...

Saved from drowning A 71-YEAR-OLD MAN was out fishing alone in his 9ft wooden dinghy on the afternoon of Monday September 9, 1985.

The weather was fair, there was a moderate south-south-westerly breeze, force 4, with a...

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LIFEBOAT SMALL ADS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY THE PRISMATIC HAND-HELD MARCHING COMPASS This brass compass is made in England to an extremely high standard of specification and is an improved version of the 'Standard Service Type...

To EDWAKD WIOKHAM, on his retirement, after serving 27 years as Coxswain and previously 13 years as Second Coxswain of the Wexford Life-boat, a Certificate of Service, a Pension, and a Special Gratuity.

To STEPHEN CLAYSON,...