LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 7.43 on the morning of the 14th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an unidentified coaster was aground near Barrow no. 6 buoy and was believed to need help. A strong north-east was...

Guess how much is in the bottle! For weeks customers at the Queen Adelaide puh. Putney Bridge Road, London, put their spare cash a large whisky bottle. On the evening of the 'smash' they were asked to hazard a guess as to how much it... - View image in PDF

On the 28th November, during a strong N.W. wind and a very heavy sea, a brig was seen riding in broken water near the Goodwin Light vessel, with a flag flying at her main gaff. The Bradford Life-boat was manned, and left the harbour at 8 A.M...

DOCTOR TAKEN OUT TO TRAWLER Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 11.18 on the night of the 7th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man had been taken ill on board the trawler Winmarleigh of Fleetwood and needed medical...

LITTLEHAVEN.—The Friend Life-boat proceeded to the assistance of two schooners, the John Davies, of Carnarvon, bound from Portmadoc for Bridgewater with a cargo of slates, and the Maggie Brocklebank, of Barrow, bound from Liverpool for...

Exmouth, Devon-At 1.45 a.m. on 3rd June, 1968, the coastguard reported that a motor boat from Dawlish with two people on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat Michael Stephens slipped her moorings at 2.15. It was two hours...

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 7.29 p.m. on 2ist September, 1965, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen in a position three miles southwest of Shoreham. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at 7.38 in calm...

THERE are few in the history of the Institution who have a longer record of service than Mr. John W. Foster, of Whitby, who retired at the end of last September. He had then been secretary of the Whitby life-boat station for 44 years. He was...