LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The ketch Gipsy, of Youghal, returning from Cork, with no cargo or ballast, on the 25th March, found that with a strong head wind and an ebb tide she could not enter the harbour; she therefore ran for shelter under...

LYNMOUTH.—The Life-boat Louisa was launched at 3 P.M. on the 19th February, a vessel having been reported to be in distress. A whole gale was blowing from the E.N.E., the sea was rough, the weather was thick and snow was falling. On reaching...

NOVEMBER 22ND. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. At 1.15 in the afternoon the Holyhead coastguard reported that an R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed between the breakwater and the Skerries. A strong northwest wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea,...

Mr. John H. Amos, of Middles- brough, Yorkshire, who died on 12th June, at the age of eighty-four, was for twenty years an honorary official of the Middlesbrough branch. He became its honorary treasurer in 1911, and its honorary secretary in...

For seven years Gladys the life-saving lady has stood guard outside Peter Humphriss' shop in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and over the years she has collected several thousand pounds for the RNLI from the many tourists who visit the New... - View image in PDF

Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths Marjofie Berry Falmouth guild president Hugh Bryan Chew Valley branch former chairman Henry 'Shrimp' Davies Former Cromer coxswain (see right) Andrew Forbes Former...

Amble, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on ist November, 1965, the coastguard warned the honorary secretary that two fishing cobles, which were overdue, might be in need of assistance.

It was decided at 10.15 to send the...

A severe blow Late afternoon at Polzeath, Cornwall, on 28 August 2005 RNLI lifeguards spotted a young woman being helped out of the black and white flagged area. While surfing, the woman had taken a blow to the back of her head from a...