LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Anstruther, Fifeshire. At 7.23 on the evening of the 8th July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a boat appeared to be in difficulties three miles off Leven Bay. A fresh west- south-westerly wind was blowing, and...

St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 12.15 a.m. on 7th July, 1969, following reports of flares seen off the north east end of the island of Guernsey, information was received that the yacht Calypso V, with a crew of four, was in difficulties three...

Appledore, Devon - At 4.4 p.m. on I4th September, 1966, concern was felt for the safety of a barge which had been moored on the gravel bank northwards of Crow Point, on the morning tide. Her crew of four had reboarded her when she dried out....

DECEMBER 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the local Whitby motor fishing coble, Jane and Ann, with a crew of four, was sheltering in Robin Hood’s Bay, Wyke, six miles south of...

SELSEY.—On the 27th February, at 7.30 P.M., flare-up lights were seen to the westward of Selsey Bill. The wind at the time was blowing a strong gale from the S.W. The Selsey Life-boat Four Sisters was launched, and proceeded to the vessel,...

Lightning strike Bridlington's Mersey class 1 ifeboat Peggy and Alex Caird, alerted in the service above, is pictured in action later, on 27 June 1989, when she was called to the aid of a Whitbyregistered coble. The vessel had been... - View image in PDF

PEEL, Isle of Man, Saturday February 1, 1986: the station's Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat out on service in a moderate northerly breeze.

The fishing vessel Ranger had suffered gear-box failure just 100 yards off... - View image in PDF

ALL agree that the past year was one of unusual difficulty for any engaged in charitable enterprise. No good work, whatever its character or scope, can be carried on without money, and to obtain this necessary commodity in a sufficient...