LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Saved from Sinking Fishing Boat
Two saved from sinking fishing boat Cullercoat's Atlantic was called out to the fishing boat Cormorant when she began taking water about two miles to the east of the station on 31 March 1996.
It took less than five... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Just in time
Beaumaris lifeboat was called out to a mayday on 25 May.
A 7m boat had a rope caught around her propeller. Without power, she was drifting fast – when the lifeboat arrived on scene she was just 3m away from the rocks off...
Category: Articles
Richmond Castle
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.15 P.M.
on the 30th January, 1938, the harbourmaster reported that a vessel between Monifieth and Lady Buoy, in the mouth of the Tay, was firing distress signals.
A S.W. breeze...
Feature: Extreme Search and Rescue
The seas off the north of Scotland and around Orkney and Shetland can be unforgiving and, in the worst of weathers, will catch out even the largest of ships. The safety of mariners and sea users in the area is overseen by the Maritime and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eljida
FIRST LAUNCH ON SERVICE Wells, Norfolk. At 9.14 p.m. on 3ist July, 1965, a yacht was seen to be in need of assistance 2 miles north-west of Blakeney Point. There was a moderate westnorth- westerly breeze and a moderate sea. It was high water...
General Burwood and Struan
A message was received on the 19th January from the coast- guard stating that a vessel was ashore two miles south of Belhelvie coastguard station, and the Aberdeen No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 7.10 P.M. She found the Hull...
Sir Garnet
GREAT YARMOUTH.—Flares and rockets having been observed in the roadstead while a strong N. to N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, on the 8th September, the Life-boat John Burch was launched at 9.35 P.M. and proceeded in the...
Helena
Runswick, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1953, the life-boat coxswain reported that the fishing coble Helena could be seen to be in difficulties five miles north-north-west of Staithes. About 1.30 she made a...
Cover Picture
When the Duchess of Kent, whose husband, the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited Exmouth, Devon, earlier this year, she was taken to sea by Coxswain Brian Rowsell aboard the 48-foot 6-inch Solent class steel life-boat City of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (148)
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An airman had been reported dropped in the sea with his parachute, but the call was cancelled before the life-boat had been launched. Then a second message reportedan aeroplane believed...