LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 5.5 P.M. on the 3rd October, 1938, information was received at the life-boat station, through the police, that Topmast No. S, a pontoon pile driver of Southampton, which was at work in connexion with a sewer to...

The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 10.45 P-m- °n 29tn June, 1967, it was learned that flares had been sighted 14 miles east south east of the Lizard. This was confirmed by the Norwegian motor vessel Possum. The life-boat, The Duke of...

Newhaven, Sussex - At 3.26 p.m.

on 26th June, 1966, a small launch was seen in difficulties two miles off the Martello tower at Seaford. There was a strong south westerly wind with a moderate sea. It was two hours before...

West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong...

Meanwhile, a report had reached Clyde Coastguard that another small boat, this time an open dinghy with three people on board, was being blown offshore from the mainland at Saltcoats while its occupants tried in vain to paddle ashore with...

The very nature of the RNLI means that hundreds of miles are clocked up in the name of training.

Crew and lifeguards travel to Poole to benefit from the unique facilities of The Lifeboat College (see pages 6 and 33 for more...

CLOVELLY, NORTH DEVON.—The ketch Blue Bell, of Padstow, lying at anchor off Clovelly'on the 26th March, at 11 A.

showed a signal of distress. A fresh gale from the N. was blowing at the time, and there was a heavy sea....

Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 19th April, 1938, the local fishing-boats were caught at sea by bad weather. Several came in, but eight were still at sea. Another boat came in and reported that conditions were getting worse, and...