LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 7.20 in the morning of the 21st of June, 1952, the Kilkeel coastguard reported that a small vessel, one mile off St. John's Point Lighthouse, was flying the dis- tress signal, an ensign upside down, and had also...

Earlier this year, Hoylake launch volunteer Tracy Davies – pictured on the front page – became the first woman to qualify as an operator of the Shannon class lifeboat’s launch and recovery vehicle. Now she’s on call, ready to send the...

ANXIETY ABOUT TWO Selsey, Sussex. At 8 p.m. on 28th July, 1964, a member of the life-boat crew told the honorary secretary that concern was felt for the safety of two young men in a sailing dinghy about two miles east of Selsey Bill. They...

KESSINGLAND.—On the 30th November, at 11 o'clock in the morning, a brig named the Lady Havelock, bound from Sunderland to Jersey, with a cargo of coal, was observed to be making for the inner passage, inside the Barnard Sand, but. the...

Again, on the 22nd April, during a strong E. wind, a vessel was observed on shore on the Hasborough Sands. The Lifeboat British Workman was launched, and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the brig Jeanne d Arc, of Trouville, bound...

By the death of Mrs. Lallow, Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at West Cowes, on 8th March, the Institution has lost one of its most successful and enthusiastic honorary workers. Mrs. Lallow had been a Lifeboat worker for...

Staithes, Yorkshire. — Early on the morning of the 3rd June five local fishing cobles put out to the fishing ground to haul crab pots. The weather was fine, but there was a strong searunning. The sea increased until there was considerable...

Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 2.30 P.M. on the 18th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that the fishing coble Breadwinner II, of Holy Island, was overdue, and that anxiety was felt for her safety. The sea was choppy, with a moderate...