LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On a bright day in June, two sunbathers on a rock ledge at Mawgan Forth, Cornwall, were blissfully unaware that the tide was coming in and that they would soon be in dangerAs part of their daily routine, Mawgan Porth RNLI lifeguards check...

Eastern Division Radio ship aground WHILE HER CREW were still on board after returning from a rough weather exercise on Wednesday March 19, Sheerness lifeboat received a VHP call at 1753 from Thames Coastguard telling them that the radio...

IN the year 1851 the first self-righting Life-boat was built by Mr. JAMES BEECHING, the well-known boat-builder, at Yarmouth, who had obtained the prize of 1007., which had been offered in the previous year by Admiral the DUKE of...

In storm force winds and darkness, the yacht Annarchy had engine problems and was steering an erratic course. The Moelfre crew had to manoeuvre the lifeboat close enough to the yacht for Rod Pace to jump aboard and regain control of the...

Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...

Silver service at Cleethorpes and NumberIt is a rare occasion that Cleethorpes and Number crews work together on shouts. Only 5 miles apart as the crow flies, the two stations couldn't be more different.

Cleethorpes...

Bare knuckle fight When Adrian, Duncan and Craig decided to enter a stretch of notoriously treacherous water, they knew they were risking their own lives It was Sam on Sunday 16 October 2005 when the Coastguard called Bridlington lifeboat...

USA COAST TO COAST 2003 Departure Dates and Costs 22 April £2250 8.22 July £2490 6 May £2350 2.9 Sept £2490 3 June £2390 30 Sept £2390 17 June £2490 New York to the Rockies and California Travel with the...