LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitehills, Banfishire.—4th December.

At 7.10 A.M. the coastguard reported that a distress flare had been seen about three miles N.W. of East Head. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The...

FIVE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN RESCUED Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 11.10 on the evening of Saturday the 14th of September, 1963, the police told the honorary secretary that a number of people were trapped on a cliff in Loch...

Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 11.40 a.m. on 24th April, 1966, a police inspector informed the honorary secretary that a car or van had gone over the cliffs and into the sea, close to the Aberdaron look-out hut. As no other suitable...

One of a class of four 41ft lifeboats built for slipway launching.

Watson lifeboats take their class name from their designers, G.L. Watson and Co who were the RNLI's consultant naval architects for many years. Susan... - View image in PDF

Coxswain Derek Sargent Station: Weymouth Boat: 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell Conditions: Wind SSW Force 10, forecast to increase, visibility reduced by rain.

Service: Rescued five survivors from 40ft catamaran Sunbeam Chaser 12... - View image in PDF

New Quay’s Mersey and D class lifeboats were requested to launch at 3.45pm on 1 February after reports that a parachutist, jumping from 150m cliffs, had crashed.

The lifeboats searched the area between the Old Lookout and...

News 2 Celebrations and awards, and a clutch of reader offers Feature: The most lives saved 8 The 100th anniversary of a record-breaking rescue Books 11 A Selsey author records voices from the sea Letters and reader information 13 Including...

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Rooms, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 15th day of March, 1877, His Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L.,...