LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 6 A.M. on the 9th January, in smooth but thick weather, the fishing-boats of Johnshaven put to sea. An hour or so later the sea commenced to rise and the S.E. wind increased to a gale, and by 10 o'clock it was so rough that it was...

Blind eyes turn towards the sea, And through a mist of age and time A tiny speck which once a flame Pleads to answer loud maroons Which call 'Distress'. Gnarled hands, Hard as oak, shake, yet once threw Lines, and pulled an oar to...

Ranugate, Kent.—During a strong S.S.W. gale on the 17th February the fishing-vessel Iris of Lowestoft, carrying a crew of three hands, stranded in Pegwell Bay. Information that the vessel was in danger reached Ramsgate at 11.45 A.M., and the...

The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...

When the crew of a stricken cargo boat found themselves being pushed towards Cape Wrath, two lifeboat crews were called into the gale for a 13-hour rescue relay

It was around 8pm on 7 December...

On the afternoon of the 5th May Seaforth wireless station received a message that a schooner near Beta buoy wanted immediate help. News was passed to the life-boat stations and the New Brighton No. 2 pulling and sailing life-boat Anne Miles...

Arranmore, Co. Donegal. •— On the 15th January the fishing fleet from Arranmore, Burtonport, and the surrounding islands, put off to fish in Boylagh Bay. The boats did not return when expected, and, as a dense fog set in, the motor life-boat...

Coxswain David Gallichan of Beaumaris in Anglesey joined the lifeboat crew in 1957 and became second coxswain in 1974 before being appointed coxswain in 1980. He was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 for saving the crew of a fishing vessel in a... - View image in PDF