LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alf
Epic rescue at RosslareA French trawler with five crew was drifting without power 14 mites south of Tuskar Rock Lighthouse on the south coast of Ireland so the Arun class Mabel Williams slipped her moorings at 2.37pm on 5 November...
Ship to shore
Remarkable advances in technology mean that sailors are no longer isolated from the rest of the world while at sea
Throughout history sailors would have to go many months without news from home...
Category: Articles
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Category: Articles
Jenny Wren
Crew transferred to casualty in near-gale conditions The chief of operations has written to Bembridge lifeboat station commending the coxswain and crew for their efforts during a five-hour service in rough conditions on 14 July...
March Sod
Three saved as trawler is destroyedThe coastline west of Port Oriel, on the east coast of Ireland, is extremely wild, with treacherous rocks to catch out the unwary sailor. So when the Clogher Head lifeboat was called out to a fishing...
Your Letters
A special thank you They say that just before you die, your whole life passes before you. At the age of eight you haven't had much of a life so when you come close to 'it', you really can recall everything.
My...
Category: Correspondence
Kalavala and Camelot
Family rescued Nearly three months later, on the evening of Friday April 27, 1984, the station's own 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, Ralph and Joy Swann, back on station, was called out to the aid of a 30ft motor cruiser, Kalavala. She had...
CAPSIZE IN THE THAMES
The crew at Chiswick on the River Thames is one of our busiest – and in October 2016 they knew it wouldn’t be long before they were called on for the 3,000th time. But who would need their help?
Crew Members Gavin Simmons...
Category: Articles
A Boat
Disaster averted at Whitby When two lifeboatmen at Whitby station spotted a small boat heading seawards one afternoon in January 2003, they knew the crew of three were putting their lives at riskHelmsman John Pearson and Mechanic Glenn...