LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Latvian ship listing Barra lifeboat escorted a cargo ship and her 10 crew to safety on 6 January after she was looking close to capsize. The Latvian ship's timber cargo had shifted causing her to lean 50 degrees to port in 8m seas and...

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Stranded on rocks ON HEARING FROM BARRY COASTGUARD, at 2220 on Saturday, September 13, 1975, that red flares had been reported to the west of Brean Down, the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare gave instructions for the maroons to be...

SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—At daylight on the 6th December, the Norwegian barque CaroUna was seen at anchor abouttwo miles from the shore with spars hanging overboard. She showed signals, in response to which the Duncan Lifeboat, belonging to the...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 2.37 p.m. on 22nd March, 1966, a dinghy was reported in difficulties four miles north east of the station. The IRB was launched at 2.45 in a light westerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was...

New members for RNLI Committee of Management Four new members were appointed to serve on the RNLI's Committee of Management-the Institution's trustees and controlling body - at its meeting on 28 November 1996.

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I live on a Dutch barge moored on the Cadogan Pier in Chelsea. One evening I had retired to bed and was drifting off with the shipping forecast murmuring in the background when a Baskevillian scream punched its way through the open porthole....

la prepared to establish and maintain a Life-boat Station on any part of the coast of the United Kingdom where it can be shown, from previous disasters, that a Life-boat is required. It is requisite that there should be a sufficient number...