LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Troon, Ayrshire. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 15th of March, 1961, the harbour master at Ardrossan in- formed the honorary secretary that the Liberian tanker Sol of Monrovia was aground one mile south of Ardrossan.

ON the 3rd of November last, during the gale which produced such devastating effects on the coast of Suffolk, and on other parts of the east coast of England, a Swedish brig, the Vestor, was driven ashore near Orfordness, on the Suffolk...

It's a dog's life...

...for Molly When the crew of Walmer's D class inflatable lifeboat received a report from Dover Coastguard that a dog had fallen some 150ft over a cliff about three miles from the station...

Signals of distress were observed about half-past eight o'clock on the 10th November, from this Life-boat station, and the Manchester Unity was promptly launched to the assist- ance of the distressed vessel. It turned out that the...

On the 5th April a heavy broken sea on the bar prevented the majority of the fishing fleet from putting out to sea, but three of the cobles ventured out, incurring great risk and causing considerable excitement. About 1.30 two of them...

About 2.30 in the morning of the 15th March, ! when a whole gale from S. was raging, the Life-boat, William and Mary Devey, was launched in response to signals of I distress from the schooner Millom Castle.

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Just after the opening ceremony for Exmouth RNLI’s new boathouse, the crews’ pagers went off and guests saw both lifeboats launched on a real rescue.

A catamaran sailor had been injured and was picked up by a passing...

THE WORK of our Northern Irish lifeboat crews continues in the same admirable way as that of their fellow seamen at all other RNLI stations. As to financial branches, last year RNLI committees and their helpers raised £30,000, a record...