LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Some w a y s of f i l l i n g t he CO f f e r s . . . A clean sweep! The Royal Burgh of Cullen ladies lifeboat guild, established in May 1990, recently held a tombola evening which raised £700. The village of Cullen in north east...

CADGWITH, CORNWALL.—The full-rigged ship, Wandsbek, of Hamburg, struck on the Dales rocks at the Lizard Point, on the 26th May. Bookets were fired fromthe signal station, the Life-boat Minnit Moon wai launched at 4.5 P.M. in response to them...

For the past 10 years, RNLI lifeguards have carried a ‘duty of care’ to provide a reasonable level of care to all beach users.

Our lifeguards interact with members of the public more than 2M times a year. Most of the time,...

DECEMBER 13TH - 14TH. - DUNMORE, EAST, CO. WATERFORD, AND KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Just before half-past five in the evening the coast watcher at Hook Point telephoned to the Dunmore East station that a vessel was off the Hook showing flares....

At daybreak on the 4th April, during a strong gale from the E., with a chopping sea, a large steamer was observed, apparently at anchor, about eight miles N. of To wan Head. She was showing colours, but whether signals of distress or not...

HOLYHEAD.—During a gale of wind from the N.W. by W., and a very heavy sea on the 20th January, the No. 2 Lifeboat Joseph Whitworth was called out by signals of distress exhibited by two vessels lying in the outer anchorage which were...

Sharing the work—and the enjoyment—in a husband and wife partnership, Alf and Joan Jenkins are joint honorary secretaries of Truro branch. They put their combined help behind such enterprising branch activities as a button auction which... - View image in PDF

The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 9.30 A.M. on the 5th December, as a gale had sprung up from the N.E., and several local fishing boats were at sea.

A heavy sea was running, and heavy rain falling. The life...