LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Falmouth, Cornwall.—-At 4.45 in the afternoon of the 29th of March, 1948, the dock police- reported a yacht in difficulties off Castle Head. A southerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and she was in danger of being...

Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 11.20 on the morning of the 18th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a flare had been seen off Redcar. A fresh south-westerly wind was blowing with a moderate sea. At 12.5 the life-boat...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.59 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a barge close to the pier was sending morse signals indicating the need of a life-boat. At 12.15 the life-boat Sir...

Torbay, Devon. At 4.48 on the after- noon of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report that a boat was in difficulties off Elbury beach at Torbay.

At 5.5 the life-boat Princess...

At 1 a.m. on 27th July, 1968, the life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No.

31) was launched to search for the motor boat Holborn Head, with two people on board, which was overdue on passage from Stromness to...

The speedboat Hot Banana lived up to her name on 6 July when a fire, believed to have started in the outboard engine, spread to the fuel tank and caused a major explosion.

The boat burst into flames at the entrance to... - View image in PDF

Hundreds of people defied the rain to support another fantastic Seaside Special at Torbay Lifeboat Station. The Seaside Special is Torbay’s biggest fundraiser of the year and rounds off a week of activities ranging from Walk the Extra Mile...

PART I: PREPARATIONS CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN of tWO prototypes of the RNLI's new 47ft fast slipway lifeboat. The boats are to be built by Fairey Marine at Cowes, Isle of Wight, but the start of building only comes as the culmination of...