LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Silver Cloud
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — At eleven o'clock on the morning of the llth of August, 1957, the coastguard inspector at Rattray asked if the life- boat would launch to stand by the yacht Silver Cloud, of London, which had a crew of...
An Admiralty Drifter and Rosa
DEC. 13TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. An Admiralty drifter had been blown up by enemy action, but Blyth life-boat could find no survivors.
She was then directed to a position where...
In a Whole Gale
The Mary Scott, on temporary duty at Dover, going out on January 1st, 1949, to the help of a pilot boat. - View image in PDF
From a painting by Mr, A. Whiting, a member of the crw.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coinin Ban
Family rescue An unusual family rescue began on 11 July 1991 when James Tyrrell, the brother of Arklow's second coxswain and who is also the station's honorary secretary set sail with another friend in his 18ft sailing dinghy Coinin...
Millennium Quilt
In order to assist with their fundraising efforts, a special millennium lifeboat quilt was presented to the St Davids ladies lifeboat guild. The quilt was made by Pat Wilson of Gloucester, a group from the Nailsworth Quilters and members of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Welcome
After an action-packed summer on the water, autumn finds us in a reflective mood
As we sent Lifeboat to print, the sun had been baking the UK and Ireland for weeks. And we weren’t complaining! But warm weather draws crowds...
Category: Articles
Arthur Rogers
ESCORTING A YACHT Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.0 in the evening of the 4th of April, 1947, the Warden Point coastguard reported that a yacht was ashore on Redsands about two miles south-east of Redsand Towers and that seas were...
Kentish Hoy
Walton and Frinton, Essex.- At 10.25 P.M., on the 14th June, 1939, a message was received from the Felixstowe eoastguard, through the Walton-on- Naze coastguard, that a vessel was in distress one mile east of the Cork...
Kingfisher
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - At 4.20 p.m. on 30th December, 1966, a small motor cruiser was seen to be in difficulties about a quarter of a mile north east of the harbour entrance.
The Life-boat Louise Stephens...
Judy
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1952, the Clacton-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that a small sailing yacht was in difficulties about one mile west- south-west of the pier. They had had her...