LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.25 in the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1949, information was received through the coastguard at Easington that a rubber dinghy was drifting half a mile off Easington, and the life-boat City of Bradford //was...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.21 on the morning of the 13th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small boat was in diffi- culties off Ryde pier. A moderate north- westerly wind was blowing and there was a...

When you're saved from the drink.

For those who'll need a pick-me-up, there's a bottle of 3 star cognac on board every RNLI lifeboat. Courtesy of Martell..

Beaumaris lifeboat was called out to a mayday on 25 May.

A 7m boat had a rope caught around her propeller. Without power, she was drifting fast – when the lifeboat arrived on scene she was just 3m away from the rocks off...

On the even- ing of the 12th September fourteen of the fishing-boats belonging to Whitby went out to fish. Later the wind fresh- ened considerably from N.N.E. and bad weather followed, causing them to make for port again. About midnight,...

Walmer, Kent.—At 6.51 on the even- ing of the 15th of May, 1951, the Deal coastguard telephoned that a yacht had broken down one mile north-east of the South Goodwin lightvessel and was drifting towards the Goodwin Sands. A small boat could...

COASTER REFLOATED Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4 a.m. on 2nd October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small coaster was ashore at Happy Valley, in a slight sea and light southerly airs. The tide was at two hours ebb. When...

THURSO, N.B.—On the 16th September a very severe W. gale was experienced here. About nineteen sailing vessels and two steamers were lying in Scrabster Eoadstead at the time. Some of them had anchored far out beyond the proper anchorage-...