LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 29TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A minesweeper had been blown up by a mine, and the life-boat put out.

The sea was rough, and an air raid was in progress. Bombs fell near the life-boat. She searched for some hours...

Fire at sea A TRAWLER on fire, not under control, but under way about four miles north east of Aberdeen: that was the message received from HM Coastguard at 2055 on Saturday, April 13, by the honorary secretary, Aberdeen. The crew were...

Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Poole Lifeboat station was informed by Portland RHQ at 0750 on Tuesday, August 23 that a Dutch warship had reported a 25' yacht, Lucy, with a broken rudder 23 miles south of Anvil...

Three saved from swamped dinghy Members of the Portsmouth lifeboat crew have also received framed letters of thanks from the Chairman of the RNL1 for their sen-ices during an earlier rescue. The helmsman for this service was Steve Alexander...

Relief fleet D class A new D class lifeboat provided by the patrons of the Fox & Hounds public house in Surbiton was handed over to the RNLI in Poole on 4 February 1989.

Some of the patrons were present when Mr Vic...

Books Thorny's - an oral history of Vosper Thornycroft's shipyard, Southampton Edited by Krista Woodley, Padmini Broomfield and Sheila Jemima Published by Southampton City Council ISBN 0954394151 Price £12 hardback John I...

SHORTLY after midnight on the 2nd of September, 1951, the coastguard at Margate called up the life-boat station to say that he could see distress signals being flashed by a torch from a small yacht just outside the harbour.

SHORTLY before one o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of March, 1959, which was Easter Monday, a 30-feet motor fishing boat with three people on board, who were returning from a pleasure trip, capsized at the entrance to Christchurch...