LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

By CAPTAIN HOWARD F. J. ROWLEY, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boatsALTHOUGH the Barnett (Twin Screw) Boat, built for the Station at New Brighton, was the first Cabin Life-boat to be laid down for the Institution's fleet, the...

At 7.15 A.M. on the 29th October the Coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore about a mile north of Rattray Head. The crew of the No. 2 Motor Life-boat Alexander TullvcJt were at once summoned and the boat proceeded with all possible...

Moelfre, Anglesey.—During a whole S.S.W. gale, with a very heavy sea, the motor life-boat G.W. was launched at 11.30 P.M. on the 13th December to the help of the schooner Alert, of Falmouth, which had lost some of her sails and one of her...

FEBRUARY 23RD. - WALMER, KENT. A strong west-south-west gale was blowing and the sea was very rough. In the early morning a ship was seen to be in difficulties. She tried to move to a safe anchorage and grounded on the Goodwin Fork Sands. At...

YACHT TOWED OFF ROCKS IN GALE Angle, Pembrokeshire. At 12.47 on the afternoon of the 29th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in distress close inshore off West Dale Point. There was a...

Caister, Norfolk.—At 12.20 early on the morning of the 30th of May, 1955, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Harfry, of London, had been in collision with another ship be- tween the North Cockle buoy and Middle Caister buoy,...

Moelfre, Anglesey. At 11.55 on the morning of the 9th August, 1961, the coxswain learnt that a small boat with one person on board was in difficulty about three quarters of a mile off shore in Red Wharf Bay. A helicopter was called, and...

AS THE RNLI celebrates its 150th anniversary, it is appropriate to acknowledge the help it has given many lifesaving services throughout the world. This help has taken many forms, one of the most significant being in the area of coastal...