LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

To ALEXANDER W. DICKSON, on his retire- ment, after serving for 12J years as coxswain and 5J years as bowman of the St. Abbs life- boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.

To HENRY PETERS, on his...

Appeal success It was a proud moment when Southend Mayor Ken Cater unveiled a commemorative plaque at the town's inshore lifeboat house, next to the pier.

It acknowledged the hard work of Shoreline Club No. 3 in raising...

BOY FALLS FROM THE CLIFFS Wicklow.—On the evening of the 18th of May, 1947, a boy fell from the cliffs into the sea near the Wicklow Head Lighthouse. A life-buoy was thrown to him by a keeper and, although exhausted, the boy -was able...

DOCTOR J. LEIPER, of Aberdeen, has been awarded a special certificate on vellum for the part he played when he was transferred at great risk from the Aberdeen life-boat to a German trawler to treat an injured man.

At 5 p.m....

Obituaries With deep regret we record the following deaths: FEBRUARY 1990 Miss Betty Dennis, committee member of Barnstaple branch from 1960 to 1972, when she was elected president until her death. Mrs Dennis was awarded a silver badge in...

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 9.25 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1953, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard rang up to say that the Harwich police had reported that a man and a woman were stranded on a sandbank in Dovercourt Bay...

FISHING VESSEL'S CREW TAKEN OFF ROCKS Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.26 on the morning of the 30th May, 1963, Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Seonaid of Lybster with two people on board was sinking...

Above: Vjsitors watch ,he Atlantic 21 right , herself after a deliberate capsize. - View image in PDF