LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

17th February. A canoe from Brandon had put out with three men on board to collect seaweed.

Later she was found drifting bottom up, but a prolonged search for the missing men was unsuccessful. The branch chairman and...

Peel and Port Erin, Isle of Man.—• 23rd July. A fishing boat had not returned to Peel with the fleet, but she was found by a trawler which joined the life-boats in the search.—Rewards, Peel, £10 4s. 6d; Port Erin, £7 2s..

The yacht Sea Time was running out of fuel, 18 miles from shore. She had been battling gale-force conditions for 16 hours on 9 September 2008 when Llandudno’s Mersey class lifeboat Andy Pearce was launched. A lifeboat crew member went...

MCH. 22ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

A steamer had collided with a trawler seventeen miles N.N.E. of the Humber. She was badly damaged and began to sink, but her crew were rescued by the trawler. - Permanent paid crew :...

OCTOBER 1 2TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. Red rockets had been reported and then a message came that an aeroplane had crashed on the coast, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that the aeroplane had crashed on land.- Partly...

and more books continued from page 179 Standing Into Danger Two Hundred Years of Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay by Andrew Jeffrey published by the Dundee Branch of the RNLI at £8.95 ISBN 0-9527568-0-3 This...

AUG. 16TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.

At 2 A.M. a message was received from the Wyke Regis coastguard that a small yacht was showing red flares a quarter of a mile east of Portland Bill. The weather was fine and the sea calm. The...

Rad Hart-George and Nick Pleydell-Bouverie's journey began with an epic vision: to cycle the entire British coastline, visiting every lifeboat station along the way and raising money to help save lives at sea. And this Summer, they...