LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr R. Marr, of Dunbar, East Lothian, and Ex-Coxswain Calum Macdonald, of Stornoway, Outer HebridesMr Calum Macdonald, former coxswain of the Stornoway lifeboat, was one of three people to receive the freedom of the Burgh of Stornoway at the...

Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 8th of September, 1955, a man at Dounreay reported that a rowing boat with a crew of two was in distress one and a half miles north- north-west of Dounreay. At 11.40 the life-boat James...

Salcombe, Devon.—At 11.2 on the night of the 14th of June, 1957, the Hope Cove coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen four miles west-north-west of Prawle Point. The life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out at 11.15 in a...

Mr and Mrs Cowan of Lanarkshire scooped first prize in the Winter 2009 Lifeboat Lottery and met the staff and volunteers of Troon Lifeboat Station when they picked up their prize of £5,000.

Mr Cowan says: ‘It’s all...

MAY 30TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At nine o’clock in the morning the coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel ashore at Scotstown Head.

The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat Julia...

AT 10.20 on the night of the 25th of October, 1960, two coastal tankers collided near the entrance to the dock at Sharpness on the Rivern Severn.

One was the Arkendale, which was loaded with 206 tons of diesel oil. The...

The life- boat crew kept a watch on the morning of the 4th November, as the local fishing cobles Kingfisher and Just Reward were at sea, an east gale had sprung up and the sea was making. At 12.30 P.M. the sea was very rough and the second...

Blyth, Northumberland. — In the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1948, a strong north-westerly breeze was blow ing with a rough sea and heavy rain, and at 4.42 the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized in the bay in a strong...