LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mother Nature threw a lot at our lifesavers in 2013: it was the coldest Spring since 1962, the hottest Summer for 7 years and the windiest December since 1993. But they rescued thousands and saved 425 lives.

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Crew member swims to stranded yacht Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Doris M. Mann of Ampthill was called to the aid of a 28ft yacht which was stranded on Blakeney Point on 31 July 1993, rescuing the yacht the two adults and two children on...

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 5 o'clock in the evening of the 27th of February, 1949, information was re- ceived that a man a woman and three children had put out in the motor boat Alnora from Landermere Creek for the Walton Yacht...

Michel Martell, senior partner of his family firm in Cognac, in the wheelhouse of the Southend life-boat on the occasion of the first issue of brandy to a life-boat station. As stated elsewhere, the House of Martell has donated cognac to... - View image in PDF

ILB Dash TWO TEENAGE girls brought word to Rhossili Coastguard Station, at 6 p.m.

on July 2, 1973, that four of their friends were stranded on Worms Head.

A member of the Coastguard drove straight to the...

New Brighton, Cheshire.—About 7.45 on the morning of the 26th of Novem- ber, 1955, the port radar station reported that a message had been received from a steamer that a fishing boat was in distress and asking for help between C.19 and C.21...

(Right) Mrs Henrietta Sittett was at her usual post, outside Botchins the butchers in St John's Wood; now 80 years old, she has collected regularly since I960 and this year she brought in £26.49 in spile of biting winds. But... - View image in PDF

APRIL MEETING EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. About seven in the evening of the 21st of March, 1945, two boys, aged 17 and 15, put off from the shore in a home-made canoe. The sea was calm, with some fog. About half a mile off shore, opposite the...