LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 7.10 on the morning of the 26th of April, 1957, the life-boat coxswain was told that a small boat was missing from the harbour.

There were marks in the sand indicat- ing that she had been dragged...

At daybreak on the 16th December a schooner was observed in distress be- tween one and two miles off Stonehaven Bay. The weather for three days had been very stormy, with high seas running, and it was feared that she would become a total...

At about 5.30 A.M. on the 31st March flares were ob- served from Moelfre Island. A strong S.W. gale prevailed at the time, with rough sea, and the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched. On arriving at the north side of the Island...

Nine rescued from ketch ashore on sands near Chichester Bar A difficult service which led to the rescue of nine people from a yacht aground on the East Pole Sands, just outside Chichester Harbour, has led to the chairman of the RNLI sending...

Three rescued in strong winds and poor visibilityThe RNLI's chief of operations has congratulated the crew of Holyhead's Tyne class lifeboat St Cybi II following a service to the 52ft yacht Espaniola.

In his letter...

AGED 60? HOMEOWNER? I enjoy a more prosperous retirement Ex-Service man makes the most of his retirement years with an equity release scheme Flying for the first time into the airfield he had helped to build whilst serving in Burma during...

Blue Peter III was one of four D class inflatables which were funded by the TV program 'Blue Peter1 in the 1960s and subsequently replaced in 1972 and 1984 after further appeals.

The class was developed in 1963 after... - View image in PDF

About 1.30 in the morning of 31st August, in very thick weather, with a moderate sea, the White Star cargo vessel, the Bardic, of 7,000 tons, ran on the Maenheck Rock, about half a mile south-west of the Life-boat Station at The Lizard. The...