LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.25 on on the afternoon of the 16th September, 1961, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that the small fish- ing vessel Violet was unable to make the harbour entrance. The wind at the time had...

FISHGUARD. — The No. 1 Life-boat Elizabeth Mary was launched at about 9 P.M. on the 24th September, during a moderate gale from the N.N.E., signals of distress having been shown by the smack Lark, of Portinadoc, laden with slates for Cardiff...

The Coastguard called up the Coxswain of the Life-boat Charles Dibdin at 6 A.M. on the 2nd May, and reported that a large ship was ashore on the Main, near Sandown Castle. The crew were promptly as- sembled and the Life-boat launched in a...

Two fishing cobles put to sea from Filey at 4 A.M. on the 15th November, but became separated in the darkness. One of them returned at 9.30 A.M. and re- ported that the other, the Heather, carrying a crew of three, had not been seen for some...

During-a whole S.S.W. gale with a heavy sea on the 14th January, the Coxswain was at the Life-boat Station, when, at 12.30 P.M., he received information from the Coastguard that the small fishing boat Thistle, of Peterhead, with two men on...

When the Teesmouth life-boat Sarah Jane and James Season was out on exercise on 25th August, they were signalled by a fishing coble.

When they went alongside they found that she had a trawl warp round her propeller. The two...

The appeal by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham for a new City of Birmingham life-boat has now reached £25,000. The target is £40,000.

At the time of going to print, the RNLI was awaiting the outcome of a UK Government consultation on the modernisation of the Coastguard service. Under Government proposals, the number of maritime rescue coordination centres (MRCCs) around...