LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

When it was learnt that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Sarclet Head on 2nd July, the Wick, Caithness, life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 10 p.m.

On reaching Sarclet Head the body of the man could be seen in...

St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th August, 1964, the bowman told the honorary secretary that a skiff was in a dangerous position in broken water near Hayle Bar. At 5.32 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh westerly breeze and...

Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 1.50 p.m. on 3Oth August, 1965, the police at Portmadoc told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy in difficulties at Portmadoc estuary was being swept out to sea on the ebb tide. The coastguard...

YACHT TOWED IN At 6.50 p.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the life-boat was requested to take over from the Trinity House vessel Ready the towing of the yacht Eronwin. The life-boat Kathleen...

The one occasion on which the Vancouver hovercraft was seriously damaged happened during a search along the shore. - View image in PDF

The Institution has had a gift of $/- which came with the message: "from the sale of a few baby goldfish".

ON April 21st, in preparation for Life-boat Day meeting of in Greater London, Honorary Secretariesand other Organizers was held at the house of Lady Burnham, who not only entertained them to tea,but presided over the meeting, which numbered...

THE Rev. Thomas Stanley Treanor, M.A., came from the parish of Achill, on the west coast of Ireland, and in July, 1878, was appointed chaplain to the Missions to Seamen for Deal and the Downs. A scholar and author, Treanor could read Greek...