LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In the early afternoon of 18 October 2001, 10 year old Arron McLauchlan was understandably engrossed watching seals on the rocks near Buchaness lighthouse, 1.5km south of Peterhead. But when he realised that the incoming tide had cut him off...

Newbiggin, and Blytb, Northumberland, —At about 10.50 A.M. on the 24th January, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat had been reported in difficulties off Old Hartley Bay and a little later that she was off Seaton Sluice Point...

THE rescue from the Greek motor vessel Nafsiporos, in which fifteen men were saved by the Holyhead and Moelfre lifeboats, will probably long be recalled as one of the great achievements in the life-boat service.

Coxswain...

SEPT. 27TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 6.45 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported a motor barge drifting ashore to the N.E. of their station. A heavy sea was running with a strong easterly wind.

At 7.5 A.M. the motor...

JAN. 7TH - CLACTON-ON-SEA. AND WALTON AND FRINTON ESSEX. At about 4.38 P.M. the Clacton coastguard telephoned that a barge off Holland Sluice appeared to be in difficulties. Soon afterwards they reported that she was burning flares for help,...

The No. 2 Life-boat John Fielden performed a useful service on the 1st May, in escort- ing six of the fishing cobles, one at a time, into safety. In the early morning when the boats put to sea the weather was fine with a slight swell, but...

What can happen in 10 minutes? For coastal lifeboat stations, that can be the time needed for dedicated volunteers to drop whatever they’re doing, form a crew and launch. For those at Tower Lifeboat Station, it’s a different...