LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire - At 12.55 P-m- on Jyth Julys 1966, the m.f.v.

King Fergus was reported to have had engine failure north of Killintringan lighthouse. The life-boat The Jeanie left her moorings at 1.6 in a gentle...

FOULED PROPELLERS Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.15 p.m. on 22nd July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about four miles south-east of Filey. There was a slight sea with very little wind. It was one hour...

OCTOBER 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 9.41 in the morning the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a motor trawler was flying distress signals two miles north-north-east of Berry Head. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea....

HOLYHEAD.—A new life-boat has been placed at Holyhead by the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, in lieu of the old boat at that station, tow worn out. The new boat is 30 ft. long, and rows ten oars double banked.

The Lords...

Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 7.16 on the morning of the 17th ofApril, 1951, a fisherman telephoned the Filey life-boat authorities that he had picked up a message on his wireless set: the fishing boat May Lily, of Scar-...

At 8.20 p.m. on 2oth July, 1967, a message was received that distress signals had been observed at a position four miles north of Moelfre. The IRB was launched to investigate a report of a cabin cruiser in difficulties. On reaching the...

RNLI Clinical Operations Manager Paul Savage, who developed a pioneering casualty care course for lifesavers, was one of four of our people recognised in HM The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

Paul (pictured above) – who...

Memorial Rosslare Lifeboatmen's Memorial Committee would like to thank you for the very nice article you published in THE LIFEBOAT (Letters, autumn 1981) concerning its project of erecting a suitable memorial to the fl great men of the...