LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 8.32 on the morning of the 5th of December, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Pradnik of Gdynia, Poland, was signalling for immediate medical assistance. There was a fresh...

Swanage, Dorset - At 11.7 p.m. on 5th November. 1966, it was reported that the yacht Blinkbonny was overdue on passage from Weymouth to Poole and had last been seen at 7.30 p.m. one mile and a half off Anvil Point. There was a strong north...

Flooded boat FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, Was told at 4 p.m. on March 18 that the fishing boat Storm Vogel was in distress and requesting assistance.

The lifeboat Friendly Forester was launched at 4.20. She made for the casualty...

Beaumaris, October 18, 1986: within hours of her official handing over and dedication ceremony the new Atlantic 21 lifeboat at Beaumaris was called out on service. The lifeboat was provided by the BBC television programme Blue Peter whose... - View image in PDF

CULLERCOATS.—Several cobles which had gone out fishing on the 15th October, were overtaken by a gale which sprang up from the S.E., causing the sea to break heavily on the bar. The Life-boat Co- Operator, No. 1, was launched at about 7.30...

24th February. A steamer sent out an SOS, but cancelled it after the life- boats had left. The chief inspector of life-boats and the district inspector of life-boats were on board the Teesmouth life-boat. The life-boat crews at Runswick,...

SKIPPER Ian Innes, of Helmsdale, Sutherland, whose R.N.L.I. bronze medal award for gallantry in rescuing three fishermen was reported in the June issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, has been presented with a piece of plate by the President of the Board...

On the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1956, the Humber and Bridlington life-boats put out to the help of the motor vessel Stevonia, of Goole. Conditions at sea were such that the Committee of Management decided to address collective...