LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Wells, Norfolk. At approximately 4.20 p.m. on 13th June, 1965, the motor mechanic saw a man in the sea up to his waist, carrying a boy. The tide was flooding and the man was calling for help. At 4.20 the IRB launched in a slight westerly...

European Co-operation The Ijmuiden lifeboat Christ/en was visiting Lowestoft on 17 October when the Coastguard reported a fishing vessel broken down a few hundred yards off the harbour mouth.

As Christian's crew were...

Lofthouse's Fisherman's Friend launched a new fund raising promotion aboard the lifeboat at the Show. Pictured are Mrs Doreen Lotthouse (centre) with her husband Tony and members of the family company and Mrs Alison Saunders (right)... - View image in PDF

Musical support In November, the Forth Dimension Musical Society put on five performances of Fiddler on the Roof at South Queensferry High School in Lothian - helping to raise £180 for Queensferry lifeboat. The society put on a... - View image in PDF

DEC. 3 R D . - WALMER, KENT. The coastguard had reported flares, and the lifeboat put out, in a southerly gale, with very heavy seas and hail squalls. She found the Greek steamer Aghia Eirini. The steamer did not need the life-boat‘s help...

JUNE 12TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

During the morning a moderate north-east wind was blowing, with rough breaking seas at the harbour entrance. This made it very dangerous for small vessels to enter. At 11.50 the No. 1 motor...

Bronze medals have been awarded to James O. Moore, motor mechanic at "Barrow-in-Furness, and his son, I rank Moore, the assistant motor mechanic, for got g out at n ght in a westerly gale, in a 12-foot pun', when there was no time...

6 January: Longhope’s Tamar class lifeboat was called out on her first shout of 2013 when she assisted a local fishing boat experiencing gearbox problems. The fisherman had attached a line to a nearby creel buoy...