LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

From a print in the possession of Mr. J. E. Hooper. Hon. Secretary of the Natural History Museum and Antiquarian Society of Penzance. The race was in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, between the Life-boats stationed at St. Ives,...

LEAKING MOTOR BOAT At 4.17 p.m. on 13th July, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a white motor boat off South Stack was in trouble.

There was a slight sea with a gentle southwesterly breeze. The tide had been...

FEBRUARY 16TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.

At about 2.30 P.M. information was received through the St. Anthony coastguard that a steamer was in difficulty in Gerrans Bay. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...

Reasons to celebrate The opening of Ramsey's new hoathouse in a ceremony on 6 April was much welcomed by all.

The new boathouse. situated at the north end of the south promenade, has been specially designed to house the...

NOV. 2 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 11.34 P.M. on the 21st November a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a mine explosion had been seen to the northeast.

A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At...

TOW FOR YACHT IN FOG Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 20th October, 1962, the honorary secretary received a message from the coastguard that a small yacht with one man on board appeared in difficulties off St....

At 5.41 p.m. on 8th September, 1966, a German ship reported that a French sailing yacht was leaking twenty nine miles south east of St.

Catherine's Point, and that the yacht could hold out for two to three hours by...

In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 486, 502, 512, the following launches on service were made during the months June to August, 1968, inclusive: Aberdeen,...