LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

TOOK SICK CHILD Galway Bay. At 3.15 p.m. on 24th October, 1964, the nurse at Kilronan told the honorary secretary that a sick child was in need of medical treatment at a mainland hospital. The sea was slight with a gentle north-westerly wind...

Mrs P Whateley Bude chairman. Mrs Whateley served the guild for over 40 years, becoming secretary in 1971 and treasurer in 1976.

She was president of the station branch from 1982 until her death. She was awarded the Silver...

Canoes upset ST ABBS, Berwickshire, lifeboat on September 17, 1972, made a fast getaway when two canoes capsized in Coldingham Bay. The wind had been blowing from a northerly direction for several days and there was a considerable swell...

So many people walking up The Path in Appledore last summer stopped to enjoy the beautiful window boxes and hanging baskets of flowers in front of Peter Longridge's house that he decided to put a jar for collecting money for the RNLI in... - View image in PDF

On the evening of 20th February the Coxswain was in- formed by telephone from the Coast- guard Lookout that lights had been seen at sea. A few minutes later more lights and a rocket were seen in the direction of the Tongue Sand, and the...

For 20 years Collectors' Books has offered the pick of yachting books in its twiceyearly brochures. Now a selection is included in The Lifeboat. For every book you order from this advertisement Collectors' Books will donate £2...

FISHING VESSEL TOWED AFTER PROPELLERS CLEARED Amble, Northumberland. At 1.26 early on the morning of the llth July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Amalthea of Seahouses needed help as her fishing...

The 60th anniversary of one of the RNLI’s most tragic days was marked at Arbroath in October.

Six crewmen died when the lifeboat Robert Lindsay was struck by huge waves close to the harbour and capsized on 27 October 1953....