LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MARGATE. —At 1 A.M. on the 28th October, during a gale from the E.N.E.

and a very heavy sea, it was reported that a barge was ashore opposite Birchington, and that men could be seen in the rigging.

The...

BRIXHAM.—During a very strong from the E. with severe snow-storms and a very heavy sea, the trawler Pioneer, belonging -to Brixham, was observed close to the rocks near Fishcombe Point on the 10th March, having parted from her moorings, and...

Buckie, Banffshire. At 7.25 on the evening of the 19th of March, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel aground on the West Muck rocks, three quarters of a mile from Buckie harbour, was burning flares....

Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 5.45 in the evening of the 21st of June, 1950, the Porthscatho coastguard telephoned that the local motor pleasure boat MacCoy needed help. A quarter of an hour later the life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood,...

MAY 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.10 A.M. a message was received from the South Goodwin Light-vessel through theDeal coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the sands to the N.E. by E. A N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...

The quick thinking and skill of two honeymooners and RNLI lifeguards were the difference between life and death for a jogger who went into cardiac arrest on a Cornish beach

Mawgan Porth Beach...

‘ I knew I had to keep afloat. Otherwise Peter would come after me. And that thought – if I gave up he would lose his life too – kept me going.’

Peter Severs and Louisa Barrow were in awe as...

• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.

Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...