LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744,...

Informa- tion reached Aranmore about 9 P.M. on the 2nd August that two fishing boats belonging to the place were in difficulties, and as there was a S.E. gale blowing, with a rough sea, the Life-boat La Totitam was launched and proceeded to...

MRS. AMY LEA WARREN PEARL, an honorary life-governor of the Institu- tion, died on ist February, 1964, at the age of 83. She was a member of the Chelsea branch committee from 1936, became vice-chairman in 1951, and subscribed generously to...

DECEMBER 2ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

At 6.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel three miles south-east of St. Ives Head had signalled that she was sinking. A moderate north-west wind was blowing, with a...

NOTE.—The Editor will be grateful to Hon. Secretaries, and other subscribers, for any really good photographs of wrecks, or Life-boats on service or exercise, for publication in the JOURNAL.

The Life-boats and the War.<...

28th March. Two vessels collided in a fog, but were not in want of help.—Rewards, £4 5*. 6d..

SEPTEMBER 29TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK, AND HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At four in the afternoon the Ardmore civic guards reported that a schooner, travelling west under sail, seemed to be on fire aft. A strong south-east wind was blowing,...

144 pages Many of the most stirring tales of 'the men who never turn back'— the crews of the R.N.L.I.—arc included from the very beginning of the service to today. So, too, are the stories of rescue and heroics by others including...