LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

During the six years of the war Mrs. Lotinga Smith, now in her 8gth. year, who is so well known and beloved for her life-boat work in the Gedling and Carlton districts of Nottingham, personally collected over £2,000, and these districts...

Lieut.-Commander S. C. Dickinson, R.N.V.R., who was district inspector in Ireland before the war, was appointed to the Northern District last April on returning from the Navy. During the war he took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk, was...

DECEMBER 9TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. On the afternoon of the 9th December Padstow No. 1 motor life-boat put out to the help of a Whitley bombing aeroplane which had been reported down in the...

MABLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE. — The Life-boat Hey wood was launched at 11 P.M.

on the 20th February, during a strong gale of wind from the S.E., and a rough sea, signals of distress having been shown by the barge Star, of...

4 February: Dart inshore lifeboat came to the aid of a German Shorthaired Pointer called Tom after he fell 25m onto a rocky ledge at the foot of cliffs. When the crew arrived, the dog tried to come to them but...

23 October: Ilfracombe After spotting a yacht anchored near Ilfracombe Pier with waves breaking over her, Coxswain Andrew Bengey contacted the Coastguard. His crew mates launched shortly afterwards in force 7...

TENBY | 21 OCTOBER
Tenby lifeboat crew evacuated an injured man from a 135m container ship. One of the ship’s officers had a deep cut to his hand. He’d caught it in a door that slammed shut in heavy...

FETHARD | 22 MARCH
Fethard volunteers headed to a man who tried kayaking to the aid of his dog. The pet had fallen down a very steep gully while chasing a seagull. The kayaker found his vessel...