LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JANUARY 29TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.

At 7.6 at night a telephone call was received from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Dunraven Castle had run aground on Iron Rock Ledges, Isle of Arran,...

JULY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.10 P.M. the Prawle Point Signal Station reported that a vessel was being bombed by enemy aeroplanes three or four miles away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. At 7.30...

Anglers in danger HAVING BEEN informed by the Seaham Coastguard, Co. Durham, at 1632 on Sunday, November 11, 1973, that a number of anglers had been cut off on the drum head at the end of the north pier of the harbour, and that they were in...

RAMSGATE.—Captain BRAINE, the harbour- master of Ramsgate, in reporting the noble service rendered by the Ramsgate Life-boat on the 6th January, on the occasion of the wreck of the ship Indian Chief, on the Long Sands, states that the vessel...

Power against the surfsurfer and Redcar lifeboats were tasked to find and rescue the lifeguard who had disappeared in the waves On 15 August 2003 a Royal Life Saving Society lifeguard spotted a surfer in difficulty at Saltbum Beach and...

ARDROSSAN, N.B.—The NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION has provided a new Life-boat for this place, the crew having lost confidence in the old boat, consequent on her having upset when in tow. The new one is 34 feet long, 8£ feet wide, and...

There was an expectant buzz around the Scarborough boathouse as the crowd awaited the arrival of HRH The Duchess of Kent in the warm, late summer sunshine on 9 September 1992. In a lively and enthusiastic speech by branch president Gilbert...

[The following notes on rescues by helicopter have been issued by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation for the guidance of yachtsmen.] AT present three types of helicopter are used for sea rescue work around the coasts of the United...