LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IT WAS THE YEAR I joined the lifeboat crew, and the second world war was nearly upon us. It was a bright early summer morning with a brisk breeze and I was sailing my dinghy through wavelets sparkling with the sun's jewels on their...

St Bees lifeboat crew faced gale-force winds, heavy rain, rough seas and poor visibility on 1 November 2010 while searching for a man 11 miles from the station. Coastguards recovered the man but the weather had got so bad it wasn’t safe to...

In winter, on ten to fifteen days out of every month, winds will blow at force 7 or above around the north-eastern tip of Scotland. The waters of the Pentland and Moray Firths are some of the most notorious in the world. The mainland...

Children test their speedway skills on mini motor bikes at one of the sideshows at Tynemouth's harbour spectacular that took place on the afternoon and evening of the royal wedding day last July: it was attended by 15,000... - View image in PDF

JANUARY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. During a south-westerly gale with a very rough sea H.M.S. Rhyl, a minesweeper, parted her tow from a tug off Felixstowe.

She anchored, but the anchors dragged and she was drifting...

HUGE WAVE UPSET LIFE-BOAT ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was...

(Below) Katie Higham presented a bouquet to her Royal Highness, who look from it a rose to give back to Katie.. - View image in PDF

Minehead's new D class lifeboat, George and Christine, was named during a ceremony held outside the boathouse on 10 October 1999.

The new lifeboat, funded by George Stnbling of Axminster, replaced the previous D class...