LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Selsey, Sussex.—On the morning of the 18th July the coastguard reported a small steamer in distress about eight miles in a north-westerly direction from Selsey look-out. Half a gale was blowing from the S.W., and the sea was rough. The motor...

BOURNEMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE. About 2.20 in the afternoon of Easter Sunday, the 21st of April, 1946, the pleasure craft Skylark sank in Bournemouth Bay about a mile off Alum Chine, with 70 or more people on board. The weather was fine and the sea...

ILFRACOMBE.—On the morning of the 29th December, the Go-Operator No. 2 Life-boat was launched, a message having been received at about half-past nine stating that a vessel, which proved to be the barque Catarina, of Savona, was in distress...

If there was ever any doubt that the RNLI's technical team designs its lifeboats so that they are sturdy enough to face the worst possible conditions, then the events of Sunday. 9 September were surely proof enough.

At...

JAN. 25TH. - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.

During the afternoon two local fishing boats were caught at sea by a strong easterly breeze, with a rough sea. They were seen making for harbour and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh...

Three snatched to safety in atrocious weather conditions Coxswain Ron Cannon of Ramsgate lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for bravery, with Emergency Mechanic Timothy Hurst and Crew Member Lance Oram receiving Thanks on...

News ‘A treasure trove!’ This is just one glowing comment from a visitor to the RNLI’s new Henry Blogg museum in Cromer – and now ‘official’ accolades have followed.

The building's contemporary design follows the curve...