LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 14th February the Norwegian barque Iris, of Stavager, had several of her sails blown away in a terrific gale off the Mull of Cantyre, and was compelled to run for Machrihannish Bay, where she let go both her bower anchors. Being...

WITHBRNSBA.—At 9 o'clock on the morning of the 14th October a messenger from Sandy le Mere, two miles N. of Withernsea, stated that a vessel was ashore there, too far off for the rocket apparatus to reach her, that the sea was getting up...

HELICOPTER FOUND THEM At 12.15 a.m. on 8th August, 1964, a local resident told the honorary secretary that he was anxious about the safety of a friend and his son who were fishing in a small dinghy. They had been out since 6 p.m. the...

To commemorate the RNLI's 160th year, an amateur radio station was set up for a weekend in August at Clacton lifeboat station, thanks to the co-operation of the crew and honorary secretary. Its 12 operators were drawn from Harlow Radio... - View image in PDF

OCTOBER 6TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. Shortly after two in the morning the Ramsey coastguard informed both life-boat stations that a ship was in distress W.S.W. of the Chicken Rock.

Port Erin was asked...

Swanage, Dorset - At 6.30 p.m. on 6th October, 1969, the coastguard told the life-boat coxswain that a man was trapped on the face of the cliff at Ballard. The crew assembled in case of need. A police rescue party joined the C.R.E. Company...

CRESSWELL.—At 2 A.M. on the 5th January, during a gale at S.E., the steamer Gustaf, of Gothenburg, in Sweden, was wrecked in Dunridge Bay, near Cresswell, on the coast of Northumberland. On the lights of the vessel being observed, the crew...

About 8 o'clock on the morning of the 6th January the wind increased and the weather became very bad, which caused considerable anxiety for the safety of some of the cobles which had left for the fishing grounds earlier in the morning....