LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE life-boat station at the Humber this year celebrated the 150th anni- versary of its foundation. A certificate inscribed on vellum, signed by H.R.H.

the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, was presented to the...

CLUNG TO WRECKAGE Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.

At 2.58 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard at St. Just was informed by Land's End radio that a Spanish vessel had gone aground near Mount's...

Floods hit Scottish caravan site Aberdeen's D class inshore lifeboat was towed more than eight miles behind the helmsman's car when a flash flood burst the banks of the River Dee and water up to 1 Oft deep engulfed a park containing...

ALL associated with the Institution will join in sympathy with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., the chairman of the com- mittee of management, in his sorrow at the death of Lady Baring, on 9th June, after a long illness. Lady Baring her- self for...

A new era in the history of Poole's lifeboats began on 27 July 1990 when the Mayor of Poole, Councillor Mrs Anne Stribley, unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the new lifeboat house in a very visible position next to the lifting... - View image in PDF

25 Years Ago The following article appeared in the December, 1962, issue of THE LIFEBOAT: First Rescue Ever From a Hovercraft ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was...

Waves stop play - and an apt destination Minehead's D class lifeboat carried out a service on 23 July which saved two people and their yacht in difficult condition, but which was somewhat overshadowed in press reports by the interruption...

In storm force winds and darkness, the yacht Annarchy had engine problems and was steering an erratic course. The Moelfre crew had to manoeuvre the lifeboat close enough to the yacht for Rod Pace to jump aboard and regain control of the...