LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1960, the police told the honorary secretary that a man had fallen into the sea from the cliffs at Brean Down.

As the exact position was not...

Douglas lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 is pictured returning from an exercise involving the warship HMS Ribble a River class RNR minesweeper based at Liverpool. The exercise involved transferring a casualty in a Neil Robinson stretcher... - View image in PDF

Take me to your lifeboat...

Hunstanton lifeboatmen examine what at first they thought was a UFO. The huge 'floating spaceship', fitted with sophisticated equipment and electronics, was recovered during a call-out in... - View image in PDF

Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was stranded on the bank of the river Tees near no. 5 light buoy. There were light south-westerly airs...

Busy day for Rhyl ifeboats hyl lifeboat was the busiest lifeboat station in the UK on 18 June 2000 - responding to no less than ten incidents in ten hours! R Glorious sunshine helped to attract the crowds to Rhyl for the Royal British Legion...

(left) The MTU would not fit on the ferry to Arranmore and training had to be carried out on the lifeboat. Nora Flanagan is seen getting to grips with the electronics.. - View image in PDF

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