LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

CLACTON-ON-SEA.—On the 23rd May, the Albert Edward Life-boat rescued the crew, consisting of 9 persons, from the brig Garland, of South Shields. The particulars of this service were fully detailed in the last number of the Life-boat Journal....

On the 26th October, 1859, the schooner Orientdtt, of Lancaster, having lost her sails, was driven ashore near Rhyl. The tubular life-boat stationed at that place was quickly launched, and, through a terrific sea, took off the crew of 6...

Broken steering gear THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Whitstable lifeboat station was told by Thames Coastguard at 1930 on Sunday April 19, 1981, that the catamaran Rumpleteazer had broken her steering gear and needed help; she was two...

SHORTLY before noon on the 17th of April, a fishing boat, with two men on board, half a mile off Selsey Bill, was seen from the shore to capsize. A moderate wind was blowing from the south-west, and there was a steep, choppy sea. Within ten...

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 3.7 on the morning of the 6th of October, 1955, Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that a yacht with one man on board, at anchor off Castletown pier, in Portland harbour, was dragging and in danger of hitting Queen...

TOW FOR PLEASURE BOAT WITH SIX ABOARD Arbroath, Angus. At 8.47 on the evening of the 28th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the life-boat motor mechanic that the crew of a small boat were burning red flares three quarters of a mile west...

Far and wide I thought you might be interested in the enclosed photograph which was sent to me by a friend who lives in Edmondton, Canada.

She and her husband were driving along a highway when she spotted an RNLI...

With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?

Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...