LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Kirkcudbright. At 12.40 on the after- noon of the 30th of April, 1959, the coxswain was told that the motor fishing vessel Liberty of Ballantrae needed help six miles south-by-east of Little Ross.

The life-boat /. B. Couper...

Salt water cure TWO DOCTORS from the local hospital came to Aberystwyth inshore lifeboat house on the evening of Tuesday April 10; they were looking for a boat to go out into deep water to collect a gallon or so of good, clean salt water...

12 June 1999 - Crowds around Newbiggin lifeboat station in Northumberland witness the opening of the refurbished and extended boathouse when former station honorary secretary.

Jack Smith, unveiled a plaque to mark the... - View image in PDF

Skegness, Lincolnshire. — At 8.36 on the night of the 7th of October, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the Lynn Well lightvessel had reported that flares had been seen five to six miles north-by-east of her. The sea was smooth, the wind...

Shortly after 4.30 P.M. on the llth March a telegram was received from St. Abbs stating that a large vessel was sinking off the Head with a fishing boat standing by her. The assembly signal for the Life-boat's crew was fired and within...

Falmouth, Cornwall. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that a fishing boat was burn- ing an orange smoke signal south-east of St. Anthony Head. The life-boat Crawford and...

Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.

The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...

13 February: This catamaran was holed on rocks, and her owner was struggling with the ingress of water with his own pump. Sunderland lifeboat crew were called upon to help, and launched both lifeboats – D class...