LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 10.7 on the night of the 25th of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had fired a red Vercy light off Trinity Depot. At 10.30 the life-boat St. Cybi, Civil Sen'ice No. 9 was launched on service...

Caister, Norfolk.—At 10.40 on the morning of the llth of March, 1955, a postman told the mechanic of the life- boat that a ship was on fire about one and a half miles south-east of the life- boat station, and that a small tugcould be seen...

OCTOBER 2ND. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At two in the afternoon the lifeboat coxswain saw a vessel aground on the Inner Newcombe Shoal. She refloated, grounded again, and remained fast. The tide was ebbing, and a moderate sea...

COMPUTER SERVICE The Association is employing a computer service for membership records. In the interests of economy this will involve changes in the format of renewal notices, membership cards, tax deduction certificates and so on. A major...

A leading object of this publication being to draw attention to the deplorable loss of life from shipwreck which periodically takes place on our shores, we propose, in our pre- sent Number, to take a brief general review* of the subject, for...

One man's courageA young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...

'The great majority of lifeboatmen are fishermen. They are men who daily sail the seas. They have acquired a skill in handling boats which touches the miraculous, and they know their own piece of coast, its sunken rocks, its shifting...

Lifeboat crew members are renowned for mostly being volunteers and they are called to action from their ‘day job’ by pager alert (see page 14). In contrast, most RNLI lifeguards are paid (usually through local authority funding) as, when...