LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The familiar orange foul weather clothing worn by RNLI lifeboat crews in recent years will gradually be disappearing, in favour of a new kit in traffic yellow.

The Musto clothing (illustrated right) is based on the... - View image in PDF

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 2nd December the small screw-steamer Clan Alpine, of Leith, in entering the Kiver Tweed struck on the bar, turned broadside to the sea, and sank. The Life-boat Albert Victor was speedily launched and rescued the crew...

Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 1.42 on theafternoon of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Colebrook had the sailing boat Dolores in tow and her master had asked to be relieved of the tow off Ramsey...

Lifeboat Services (from page 263) the whaleboat which had drifted further to leeward to within about 100' from the cliffs near the Cote du Nord hotel.

His crew managed to get a grapnel into the whaleboat and they towed...

At 1233 on Tuesday November 18, a mayday was received by Dover Coastguard from the trawler Guiding Hand, on fire six miles north east of Ramsgate.

Her four crew were fighting the fire. A helicopter was scrambled from RAF...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 4.40 p.m.

on loth June, 1967, information was received that a boat was flying distress signals five miles from Ballycotton. The life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at the station, slipped...

IMPORTANT.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS.

Owing to Expiration of Lease the Committee of Management have been compelled to REMOVE the Headquarters of the Institution from 14, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.,...

THIS is a true story, although the name of the life-boat station is not men- tioned. In one of the heavy gales of last winter one of the motor life-boats on the South Coast put out on service shortly after dusk and was out the whole...