LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 9.20 P.M. on the 6th September it was reported that a boy and a girl had left Lymington for Yarmouth some hours earlier in the sailing boat Mary Anne, but had not arrived. The honorary secretary, Captain A....

Troon, Ayrshire.—On the morning of the 27th March, 1938, a report was received from Irvine harbour that a fishing boat in Irvine bay was flying signals of distress. A strong N.W.

breeze was blowing, with a rough...

As we start 2013 there’s a lot for the RNLI to look forward to. In this issue you can learn of our ambitious plans to ensure the future supply of the charity’s all-weather lifeboats (page 4).

There’s news of awards and...

NEAR PORT ISAAC Padstow, Cornwall. At 12.55 p.m.

on i6th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain that three Port Isaac fishing boats were still at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. The honorary secretary...

Pendine

3-PEAK SUMMIT FOR THE RNLI

In June, Shelley Phillips from Pendine raised an impressive £445 completing the National Three Peaks Challenge for the RNLI. The challenge calls for mountaineers...

Lifeboat crew member in sea as fishing vessel sinks suddenly Frank Home, a crew member aboard Peel's Mersey class lifeboat Ruby Clcry, has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum following a service to a sinking fishing...

GOUHDON AND JOHNSHAVBN, KlN- CARDINESHIRE. — A large number of fishing-boats belonging to Gourdon went off to fish on the morning of the 15th April, but had to return on account of the E.S.E. gale which came on...

The Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival took place in June, with 23 groups from around Europe taking part. The event is one of the world’s biggest maritime music festivals, and one of its main aims is to raise money for the...