LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Ramsgate, Kent - At 9.15 p.m. on 29th July, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbourbar. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 9...

Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 8.10 p.m.

on 12th October, 1966, the Scarborough lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was in a dangerous position off the South bay. The life-boat J. G. Graves of...

JUNE 21ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 2.35 P . M . a message was received from the Shoeburyness Garrison that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Shoebury. Then a second message came that the yacht had...

This year’s RNLI Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards will take place on 19 May at the Barbican in London.

RNLI Governors will be contacted individually in March, when they can request tickets to both...

Padstow, Cornwall.—At 1.30 A.M. on the 6th August the Bude coastguard reported that a small yacht, with four men on board, had left Bude for Boscastle some hours earlier, but had not arrived, and that a light had been seen off Carnbeak. A...

YACHT'S CREW RESCUED BY FISHING VESSEL North Sunderland, Northumberland.

At 3.55 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized about a mile and a...

JUTTING OUT boldly into the Irish Sea, open to winter gales from most points of the compass, the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula of North Wales has its share of hazards to shipping. Over the years many vessels have been wrecked on its shores and...

One armed bend it: superfit Ian McKenty (I) and Andy (r) raised themselves 1,050 times and £140 in cash in 30 minutes by doing one armed press-ups. This excruciating exercise took place in The Ale House, Bath, and was organised by Mr... - View image in PDF