LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PORT ISAAC.—On the 20th February, during a heavy gale from N.W., the barque Ada Melmore, of Maryport, was observed at anchor close in upon the rocks, near Port Quin, 4 miles from Port Isaac, with Signals of distress flying. About 9...

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At about 4.45 P.M. information was received that an aeroplane had come down in the sea off Blakeney Point. The weather was fine with a strong S.W. breeze and a choppy sea. An exercise of...

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DOWN.—The schooner Mary, of New- bridge, Cornwall, made signals of dis- tress on the afternoon of the 5th November. A strong W.N.W. gale was raging, and the Carrickfergus Life- boat put off to her assistance, but their...

When the Duchess of Kent, whose husband, the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited Exmouth, Devon, earlier this year, she was taken to sea by Coxswain Brian Rowsell aboard the 48-foot 6-inch Solent class steel life-boat City of... - View image in PDF

ENGLISH AND DANISH FISHING BOATS IN DISTRESS Runswick, and Whitby, Yorkshire.—At half-past one in the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1947, information was telephoned from Whitby to Runs- wick that the fishing boat Gem, belong- ing...

Brothers found in failing light Brothers Aran and Marcus Farrell were fortunate to survive after the dinghy capsized in strong winds off Downderry and they tried to swim ashore in fading light. Looe lifeboat was alerted and quickly located...

News Battered and brave A passing journalist captured one of the most iconic images of the RNLI’s history when he photographed the Scarborough lifeboat and crew in action in May 2005 (above). They were searching for a mother and her children...