LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 3 A.M.

on the 4th February the Life-boat Charlie Medland was called out to the assistance of the schooner Til Away, of Fowey, which was in distress about two miles N.E. of Mumbles Head, and making signals of distress....

Fowey, Cornwall.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1957, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat was drifting about a mile and a half south of Black Head in St. Austell Bay. Eight minutes later the life-boat...

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.42 a.m. on 3ist July, 1967, it was learnt that a vessel had fired red flares two and a hah0 miles south east of the Scarweather lightvessel. At 3 o'clock the lifeboat William Gammon - Manchester and...

Double rescue AS MOST PEOPLE were sitting down to their lunch on Sunday, October 19, 1986, Bridlington Coastguard was alerted to a small craft reported to be in trouble off Ulrome. At 1307 the honorary secretary of Bridlington...

Kilmore, Wexford.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of Monday the 17th of July, 1950, signal flares were observed on the Great Saltee Island. A bird watcher with his wife and two children aged eight and two were known to be on the island...

Scotland North Division Propeller fouled AT 1050 on -Monday June 25, 1984, Pentland Coastguard contacted Wick lifeboat station's deputy launching authority with the news that a salmon coble was in difficulties off Ackergill. At 1100 the...

'THE PLEASURE of your company' is a phrase so often used that we rarely listen to the words themselves; but when members of the royal family honour the lifeboat service with their company everyone knows the days will not only be...

Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, 1975: 47 launches on service FOUR AWARDS FOR GALLANTRYTWO SILVER MEDALS, a bronze medal, a vellum, 47 launches on service, 34 lives rescued, nine vessels saved, 172 hours at sea. Not a record by RNLI...