LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Galway Bay.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of February, 1955, the local doctor asked if the life- boat would take a sick man in need of hospital treatment to the mainland, as no other suitable boat was...

Yacht knocked down AFTER FINISHING a cruiser race in gale force winds, the 25ft yacht Setantii set out from Port St Mary on the morning of Monday August 30, 1982, to return to her home port of Fleetwood; she had a crew of three. Gale force...

During a strong breeze from the S.S.E., a thick fog, and a heavy sea, on the 15th March, signal guns were heard in the direction of the Middle Cross Sand Lightship.

The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched at...

Coxswain Vic Marsh of Swanage is seen helping Ertugrul Gomec to navigate after the finish of the Civil Service, Post Office and British Telecom Fund half marathon which was held in Windsor Great Park last June. He was the one paraplegic... - View image in PDF

JULY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.10 P.M. the Prawle Point Signal Station reported that a vessel was being bombed by enemy aeroplanes three or four miles away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. At 7.30...

Three serving coxswains and a retired coxswain of the R.N.L.I. were honoured with the B.E.M. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. They were Coxswain Edward C. Larbalestier, of St. Helier, Channel Islands, Coxswain Robert Lee, Douglas,...

Search success AT 1820 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1987, Tyne Tees Coastguards were alerted by the mother of one of two men aboard the Hartlepool-based fishing boat Sea Fox that the vessel was six hours overdue at the east coast...

Eastbourne, Sussex. At 9.17 on the morning of the 6th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties off Beachy Head. At 9.36 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched in a very rough sea. A...