LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Westward
Crabber swamped in Force 12 windsCoxswain/Mechanic Malcolm MacDonald of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for a service in which the Stornoway lifeboat rescued two men from a crabber which was...
Maynard
On the 10th October the coastguard at Ballyquinton reported that a small fishing boat, of Portaferry, with one man on board, was in immediate danger inside the bar at Ballyquinton Point. A strong W.N.W.
gale was blowing,...
Your Letters
Nearly saved . . . by a motor lifeboat I was interested in the feature 'Saved by a motor lifeboat', which appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of The Lifeboat.
There is an interesting story pertaining to this film - I...
Category: Correspondence
Dijon and Peebles (2)
January storm BRONZE MEDALS AT 1137 ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 the Blackpool station honorary secretary, Mr Rowland Darbyshire was alerted by Liverpool Coastguard MRSC that a small vessel had fired red flares 11/4 miles north north west...
Shoreline Section
THE SEASON is now well under way, so may we wish all our members 'good sailing', and for those members who will not be able to go afloat, a pleasant summer.
While stationed in Ireland as inspector of lifeboats I had...
Category: Articles
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year. Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the following pages for more reports:
6 SKERRIES | PAGE 10
7 PORTRUSH | PAGE...
Category: Articles
Royal Charter and Our Maggie
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 24th January the motor fishing boat Royal Charter, of Grimsby, and the local motor fishing coble Our Maggie left Scarborough for the fishing grounds. By 1.15 P.M. a strong gale was blowing...
Their Stint Done: a Nine-Year-Old and His Dog Who on June 9 With 274 Other Pupils of St.Peter's Church of England Junior School Harborne Birmingham Helped to Raise £
Their stint done: a nine-year-old and his dog who, on June 9, with 274 other pupils of St Peter's Church of England Junior School, Harborne, Birmingham, helped to raise £1,200 for the RNLI on a sponsored walk round Harborne Cricket... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maritime Buoyage System A (1)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTHOUSE AUTHORITIES Maritime Buoyage System A A COMBINED CARDINAL AND LATERAL SYSTEM, RED TO PORT To be introduced in North West European and many other waters by stages, starting April 1977 FROM APRIL NEXT...
Category: Articles
Sea Fox
Search success AT 1820 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1987, Tyne Tees Coastguards were alerted by the mother of one of two men aboard the Hartlepool-based fishing boat Sea Fox that the vessel was six hours overdue at the east coast...