LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In Number 43 of this Journal for January, 1862, we gave a description and illustrations of these useful articles, which much facilitate the launching and hauling up of heavy boats and their transport for short distances on the...

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — On the night of the 6th August the yacht Mona, of Heswall, bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of three, was seen to be riding at anchor in a dangerous position about a mile out of Llandudno bay. A strong...

At 9.20 A.M. the same day the Life- boat was again launched to a vessel in •distress off the Head, the wind having changed to N.N.W. and increased to a strong gale. In her first attempt to get out of harbour the Life-boat was un- successful...

A boat with its own fascinating RNLI history set out on a perfect day last Summer. Little did her crew know it was to be her last voyage …

‘We set off in ideal conditions – you couldn’t have...

Margate, Kent. At 11.25 on the morning of the 15th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore near the South Margate buoy and needed help. At 11.38 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No....

Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF

Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8.50 on the evening of the 27th of July, 1957, a telephone message was re- ceived that a yacht with her sails badly torn was eight miles south of Campbeltown. A fishing vessel was alongside her and she was in no...

ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the 18th January a heavy N.E. gale was experienced here, accompanied by snow. During the height of the storm the crew of the Life-boat Exeter, in response to signals, launched their boat to the help1 of the crew of a...