LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea near North Briggs buoy. The life-boat Sarah Ward and William David...

North Sunderland, Northumberland.

At nine o'clock on the morning of the 28th of March, 1961, the honorary sec- retary noticed three local fishing vessels sheltering in the lee of the Fame...

HELICOPTER FOR BOYS Hoylake, Cheshire. At 4.35 p.m.

on 28th May, 1964, the Formby coastguard informed the life-boat coxswain that two schoolboys had been seen on what was assumed to be a rubber dinghy, drifting out to sea a...

Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 1.9 a.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Sunk pilot cutter had observed two red flares south of the Sunk lightvessel and was proceeding to investigate.

SEPTEMBER 14TH. - WALMER, KENT.

At seven in the evening a message was received that the S.S. Dentonia Park needed medical aid. The pilot aboard had collapsed.

A south wind was blowing, with driving rain...

JANUARY 23RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 8.45 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel ashore. A moderate south-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and snow squalls. The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 9.5 and at...

At midday on 2 January 2002, RNLI lifeboats became operational on the River Thames. For the first time, the capital has a 24-hour dedicated rapid response service on its river. There are four lifeboat stations, at Gravesend, Tower Pier,...

FEBRUARY 9TH. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

At 4.44 in the morning the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station at Nells Point telephoned that Burnham Radio had picked up a message from the S.S. Coulgorm, of Glasgow, that she was...