LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Anne Noonan was 20 years old when she gave birth to her son aboard a merchant ship lying off the Cornish coast. The Fravizo had no doctor aboard so her Captain requested that Anne and baby Tim be taken ashore for a...

Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...

South-East England Cromer, Norfolk. At 10.7 a.m. on nth March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Norwegian vessel jfoika of Oslo had been in collision 13 miles east-south-east of Cromer and had been badly damaged. The...

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 1.45 p.m. on 29th July, 1967, while the life-boat Lilly Wainwright was on passage to Conway, the crew were informed that a dinghy had capsized off Orme's Head.

There was a fresh south...

Two lifeboats help in evacuation of 114 from stranded passenger vesselBoth of Poole's lifeboats were called on to help with the evacuation of 114 passengers from a passenger vessel which ran aground in darkness and thick fog on the night...

What will you discover this autumn?

The ‘back to school’ feeling is a receding memory for many of us, but I still find autumn brings a clean slate and the instinct to try something new. This issue, we meet volunteers who...

RIG SERVICE IN 60 KNOT GALE AROUND 1.30 p.m. on 19th October, 1971, it was learnt that the crew of the drilling rig William Allpress were in need of assistance. The rig was anchored J mile off Rustington, Sussex, and had been in this...

FRASERBURGH | 29 NOVEMBER
Volunteer crew at Fraserburgh acted quickly when a skipper of a nearby fishing boat made an emergency call for help after falling ill. The crew aboard the all-weather lifeboat left the harbour immediately...