LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and St.

Helier, Jersey.—At 4.30 on the morning of the 10th of February, 1956, a wire- less distress message was received at the St. Peter Port signal station from the M.V. Conlea, of London, which...

SEARCHING FOR AIRMEN Margate, and Ramsgate, Kent. — Shortly after 7.30 on the night of the 20th of November, 1947, the R.A.F. at Manston reported to the coastguard that a Wellington aeroplane was down in the sea north-east of...

DEC. 10TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK, CAISTER, NORFOLK, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 8.20 P.M. the coastguard reported that the steamer Willowpool, of Hartlepool,was sending out S.O.S. signals fourteen miles...

As already mentioned, one of the chief features of this Journal will be to bring into prominent notice the several County Asso- ciations and Local Committees that have long existed around our coasts, and to urge on the well-wishers to the...

The Story of the Barmouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris A recent addition to the series of comprehensive booklets from the prolific Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, this time chronicling the history of Barmouth's...

When a cargo ship lost power and started drifting towards danger, two lifeboat crews headed out on a rescue that would test their endurance to the limit ‘It’s an unusual coincidence,' says Padstow Mechanic Mike England, ‘that for the...

'The wind was of hurricane force, with fierce squalls accompanied by snow and sleet and the seas were mountainous.

' ... 'It took two hours to board the lifeboat and three times the boarding boat was driven back...

'The great majority of lifeboatmen are fishermen. They are men who daily sail the seas. They have acquired a skill in handling boats which touches the miraculous, and they know their own piece of coast, its sunken rocks, its shifting...