LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Crabber swamped in Force 12 windsCoxswain/Mechanic Malcolm MacDonald of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for a service in which the Stornoway lifeboat rescued two men from a crabber which was...

Hunstanton's Atlantic 21class lifeboat Spirit of America is capable of some 29 knots. Helmsman Alan Clarke said of her: 'Speed is one of her greatest assets and can be paramount in saving life - but she can only be driven as hard as... - View image in PDF

• A new, updated version of Gillian Howie and Gillian Zealand's history of Arbroath's lifeboats May 1982 has been compiled by Alasdair M. Sutherland, himself a crew member. With the aid of photographic illustrations Arbroath Lifeboat...

SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE LONGHOPE LIFEBOATS THE STORY OF THE FLEETWOOD LIFEBOATS Written and published by Jeff Morris Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society Jeff Morris is by now well-known for his...

Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — During a strong E.N.E. gale with a very heavy sea on the llth December, 1937, anxiety was felt for the safety of the Burnmouth fishing yawls returning to harbour. The new motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was...

On the afternoon of the 24th October the Curracloe coastal watch reported that a boat in North Bay was flying a distress signal. A moderate S.S.W.

gale was blowing, with a rough sea and driving rain. The motor life-boat K.E...

SEPT. 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Corton Light-vessel, but the life-boat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was no sign of any ship in...

(The figures refer to the numbers of the Lifeboats detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A. B. S., 120. Dartmouth, the Karl of, and Hooper, Miss, 265. [142 Peach, Misses Frances and A Friend, 240. his Tenantry, 159. lope, Rev ...