LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The barge Mabel, whilst proceeding from Chichester Harbour to Portsmouth on the 8th February, was caught in a heavy squall when off Hayling Island and dismasted. The Master at once let go his anchor, and made signals of distress. In response...

At 5.40 A.M. on the 21st December, during smooth but foggy weather, a new torpedo destroyer named the Beaver stranded about 1J miles south of Hasborough Lighthouse. The vessel had only re- cently been launched and was on her way to...

Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.28 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was unable to make Ramsgate harbour and was dragging her anchor and in danger of going ashore. Six minutes...

At 4.24 p.m. on I2th August, 1966, a yacht was reported to have capsized about a mile and a half off Frinton-on-Sea. There was a moderate south westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. It was two hours after low water. The life-boat Edian...

Four people in Leeds, two husbands and wives, sent the Instititution a pound in July 1941. It was a penny from each of them in gratitude for each night that they had had free from air-raids. They continued that thankoffering for every quiet...

Geoff Holt was a teenage sailor with vast potential when an accident changed his life. But his love of the sea and spirit of adventure have no bounds

There were no lifeguards on duty to warn...

Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...

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When you have cover with Exeter Friendly Society, we never increase your premiums simply because you get older*.

So the...