LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Night service for ILB WATCHET COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Minehead ILB station at 2325 on Saturday, September 13, 1975, that a flashing light, thought to be an SOS signal from a vessel in distress, had been sighted off...

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Evelyn, brig, of Carnarvon — landed 8 on two occasions, Falcon, ketch, of Cardiff ....... 3 Ferguslie, s.s., of Glasgow— as- sisted to save vessel.

Fishing boats of Berwick, Boulmer, Crail,...

Irish Division Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were...

Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.15 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honor- ary secretary a report that a motor launch was firing red flares three miles east of Bembridge. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was...

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When 8-year-old Keegan Luraschi learned that RNLI lifeboat crew members are volunteers who count on public donations to save lives, he set his mind to doing all he...

Nine rescued TYNEMOUTH COASTGUARD telephoned the honorary secretary of Tynemouth lifeboat station at 1511 on Sunday April 11, 1982. to tell him that the angling boat Blue Fin appeared to be in distress south of Tyne Piers. Eleven minutes...

O There cannot be many works of fiction based on the lifeboat service and of these few are likely to ring true to the men who man the boats. Although the majority of people would say that they are well acquainted with the RNLI, its lifeboats...