LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Launches 41 Lives rescued 97 APRIL 1ST. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.

About six o’clock in the morning the officerof the watch of H.M.S. Forte III telephoned that a vessel was ashore at Pendennis Castle Point. The tide was low,...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 12.45 P.M. on the 19th August, 1938, the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station that a sailing yacht was anchored three miles south of the look-out in a dangerous position. A strong and increasing S.S....

* Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." IN the issue of The Lifeboat for last November, under " Special Gifts," appeared the following paragraph : " We give the following letter in full: " ' Mummy gave me a stamp to put...

THE Institution has awarded its Bronze Medal to Mr. Hugh MacKay, Senr., of Hilton, on the north-east coast of Rossshire on the Moray Firth, and its Thanks inscribed on Vellum to four other men for their gallantry in attempting to save a...

Graham Raines Crew Member aboard the Hayling Island Atlantic 21 on a service to the yacht Dingaling on 9 October 1988.

Crew Member Raines entered the water in conditions near the limit of operation for an Atlantic 21 to... - View image in PDF

On the 17th February, a sudden E.S.E.

gale sprang up while the fishing cobles were out, and as they were in great danger on account of the tremendous sea breaking on the bar, the Life-boat was launched and was very useful...

Mrs E. Pemberton, honorary treasurer of Wallasey Ladies' guild from 1950 to 1990. She was awarded a silver badge in 1962, a gold badge in 1977 and a bar to the gold badge in 1987..

November Mrs A C R Scorgie, joint president of Dumfries branch.

Mrs Scorgie was awarded a bar to gold badge in 1993, a gold badge in 1978 and a silver badge in 1963..