LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 4th of March, 1953, the coastguard reported that two vessels had been in collision near Lower Hope Buoy and that one was beginning to sink. The life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...

Club safety boat rescues four An incident which took place in the Ribble Estuary on 13 August this year has earned Mr Richard Blackburn the thanks of the chief of operations after he launched the Ribble Cruising Club rescue boat to save the...

Do you know any children who love being creative? Get your child to design a Christmas card based on one of these themes – The Rescue, Coastal Christmas or Christmas for the Crew – and it could be featured in the RNLIshop range. Four winners...

The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours : Mr. Henry T. Davies, coxswain, Cromer, Norfolk, life-boat.

Mr. Roland Moore, coxswain, Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat.

Mr. Neil...

Belgian trawler LAND'S END COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Penlee lifeboat station at 0200 on Wednesday March 19, 1980, that the Belgian trawler Normauwil was stranded near the north arm of Newlyn Harbour, a mile north...

WE had hoped to publish in this number of The Lifeboat an account of a very fine service by three Dutch Lifeboats last February to the English steamer Shonga, for which the King has presented the British Government's Silver Medal...

JULY 28TH . - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.

An aeroplane which had on board the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, making for Belfast, was reported as missing.

She had last been seen out at sea three miles S.S.E....

NOVEMBER 2 3RD. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 3.5 P.M. a telephone message came from the Tynemouth coastguard, asking for the crew to stand by.

A few minutes later the life-boat was directed to go to a position one and...