LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Out of retirement!Once a lifeboat, always a lifeboat - or at least ready to help when needed. The 52ft Barnett class exlifeboat Ramsey Dyce, formerly stationed at Aberdeen and Lochinver, was supposed to have retiredin!985butreturned briefly...

At about 7 P.M. on the 20th November, during a strong gale from the N.W., signals of distress were seen in the direction of Wexford Bar. The same Lifeboat was promptly manned, and proceededto the spot, and found that the fishing yawl Dazzler...

Shortly after 8 P.M. on the 15th October distress signals were observed from the St.

Nicholas Light-vessel, indicating that a vessel was ashore and required assist- ance. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were...

On the 12th Feb. two of the Filey fishing vessels, the Admiral Mitford, and the Thomas and Mary, which were in the Bay, sent their small boats ashore with fish, leaving only a man and a boy in each yawl. While the men were occupied on the...

Start 2017 by boosting your maritime knowledge.
Our collection of New Year reads will also give you plenty of
impressive facts to share at what’s left of the festive party season!

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Your chance to win The star prize for the winter 2004 Lifeboat Lottery is a 12-day St Petersburg and Baltic capitals cruise for two aboard the MVVan Gogh. The prize is kindly sponsored byTravelscope and tickets are available from 18 October...

Testing tow at Port St MaryWhen the Trent class Cough Ritchie II Launched, all that the crew knew was that a fishing boat was in trouble about 20 miles south east of Port St Mary in the Isle of Man. When they discovered that it was the large...

from page 47 parts of the old rotten timber beams was then begun.

Access bridge At the same time the old access bridge was removed, so that for a short time Tenby lifeboat house became an island. The new access bridge spans...