LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 1st January, 1861 the sloop Thomas and Jane, of Dundee carried away her main boom, and having nearly four feet of water in her hold, and the master and crew being quite exhausted hoisted a signal of distress, which was seen from...

Shore helpers must ensure the lifeboat runs straight up the shingle often with more than gentle physical persuasion.. - View image in PDF

Torbay, Devon.—At 2.42 early on the morning of the 6th of December, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that shouts for help had been heard off Freshwater Quarry. At 3.10 the life- boat George Shee put to sea. There was a slight...

On the 8th February, about 2 A.M., the ship Hemanos, of Lillesand, bound to Leith with a cargo of guano, was reported ashore about two miles to the northward of Cresswell and firing signals of distress.

The weather was...

On the 14th March, at 3.30 A.M., during a fresh breeze from N.E., the Bradford Life-boat and steam-tug Vulcan proceeded to the Goodwin Sands in response to guns and rockets from the Gull Lightship, and found the barque Surinam, of Amsterdam,...

Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...

FISHING BOAT FOUNDERED At 8 a.m. on 25th October, 1965, the coxswain's wife informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Minnie was in difficulties in Clovelly harbour, having shipped seas while hauling in her nets.

THE Institution is again issuing a Lifeboat Calendar for the forthcoming year. It feels that there is no better way of keeping the work of the Lifeboat Service continually before the public from the first day of the year to the last, and it...