LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire. — At 3.45 in the afternoon on the 2nd of April, 1950, fishermen reported that the fishing coble Jean and Valerie was making very heavy weather about four miles to the south. Accordingly at 4.10 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...

Night search EXMOUTH DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY was informed by HM Coastguard at 0117 on Wednesday, July 28, that a Mirror Class dinghy, with a crew of two, was long overdue. In good visibility and with a gentle north-westerly breeze and...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 15th April the local motor fishing boats Prosperity, Progress, Endeavour, Flying Spray and Success put out to fish. A nasty sea was running. Later on it grew worse and broke heavily on the bar....

AUGUST 9TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.

At 9.15 in the evening the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore on the south end of Stroma. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Thomas...

When you're saved from the drink.

For those who'll need a pick-me-up, there's a bottle of 3 star cognac on board every RNLI lifeboat. Courtesy of Martell..

Sir Ronald Pechell Bt being put through her paces during late 1995. - View image in PDF

JAVELIN AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO SEA Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 11.23 on the morning of the 18th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Javelin aircraft with a crew of two had crashed into the sea seven to twelve...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 1.30 P.M. on the 4th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boats Peggy, If, and Billy Boy, carrying seven men altogether, were making heavy weather three miles south of...