LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gudrun
At 9.40 A.M. on the 17th December a telephonic message was received, stating that distress sig- nals were being made by the South Goodwin Light-ship, and that a Nor- wegian barque was on the Sands. The Life-boat Mary Homer Hoyle was at once...
Brionie
APRIL 22ND. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. During the evening the yacht Brionieran aground two miles W.S.W. of Selsey Bill, while on passage from Lymington to Newhaven with a crew of three. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough sea.
Samaritano
On the night of the 24th September, the services of this valuable life-boat were again called into requisition. At 11 P.M. on that night, the wind blowing a strong gale from N.E. with rain, guns were heard at Rams- gate, in the direction of...
Bookshelf
some r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s r e v i e w e d THE STORY OF THE PWLLHELI LIFEBOATS (1891-1991) by Jeff Morris THE STORY OF THE FRASERBURGH LIFEBOATS by Jeff Morris Both published by Jeff Morris at £2 including p&p The...
Category: Articles
Every second counts
Two lifeguards raced to reach a kitesurfer as he was dragged under water towards rocks. Somehow they had to slow him down
On the afternoon of Tuesday 7 June, RNLI lifeguards watched a...
Category: Articles
Cilla
Weymouth, Dorset-At 11.20 a.m.
on 5th June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Cilla with a one-man crew had broken down nine miles from Portland Bill. The lifeboat Frank Spiller...
Peterhead's Crew, Bring Her Home
Peterhead's crew, in their red'passage kit', bring their new lifeboat home, accompanied by fellow volunteers onboard the craft she is to replace. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
Deep water 'rocks' sink yacht Donaghadee Ireland Division Donaghadee's Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast was called to an unusual incident on 2 July 1988 when a Mayday call was heard from a sinking yacht at...
Category: Services
City of Belfast and Her Crew
City of Belfast and her crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Libruna
The barque Libnrna of Arendal, whilst bound from Gothenburg to South Africa, stranded off Shoreham about 5 P.M. on the 15th March. There was a S.W. gale blowing at the time, accompanied by a very heavy sea, and whilst the Life-boatmen were...