LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 19th of November, 1952, the Redcar coastguard tele- phoned that he had fired a rocket to warn a vessel that she was heading for Salt Scar Rocks. The vessel did not seem to...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

South Eastern Division Storm-disabled sloop THE DUTY OFFICER at the Needles Coastguard saw a red distress flare to westward, estimated two to three miles distant, at 0108 on Sunday, September 14, 1975. The honorary secretary of Yarmouth,...

Filey, Yorkshire. — Early on the morning of the 2nd November the local fishing fleet, fifteen boats, put to ssa in fair weather. Later on the weather changed, and by 8.45 A.M. a strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate and...

My son was 4 at the time. We were living at Staithes, in North Yorkshire, and he started trying to swim across the harbour.

I shouted, but he didn’t come back – he just kept swimming. I jumped in fully clothed, reached him...

ALDBOROUGH.—The George Hounsfield Life-boat was launched at 10 P.M. on the 9th April, during a N.E. wind and a heavy sea, signal rockets having been observed in the direction of the Shipwash Light Vessel. They were found to have been sent up...

RAMSGATE.—On the 26th January, at 7.45 A.M., during a moderate wind from the N., a barque was observed ashore on the North Sand Head, Goodwin Sands.

The harbour steam-tug Vulcan and Lifeboat Bradford were immediately...

Out-of-control casualty stopped by deliberately fouling propeller Wick lifeboat was involved in an unusual, hazardous and tragic service on 15/16 May 1993 when a helicopter spotted a vessel going round in circles at full power some 14 miles...