LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Injured seaman A TANKER, La Quinta, approaching Salcombe bound for Liverpool with a member of her crew seriously injured was reported to the honorary secretary of Salcombe lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1157 on Saturday, 21 May. A...

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Built to the Royal National Life-boat Institution's strict specification Mermaid...

Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 12.10 p.m.

on 20th July, 1969, Valentia radio told the honorary secretary that the tanker Point Law had reported that a number of people were waving flags and flashing lights on the Great Blasket...

Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 1.19 p.m. on 1st November, 1969, it was learnt that the motor boat Sonia was in difficulties about two miles south east by east of Tyne piers. The life-boat Tynesider was launched at 1.26 in a gale force west...

NOVEMBER 1993 Ken Derham, chairman of Mudeford lifeboat station from 1976 to 1993. He was the founder honorary secretary of the station in 1963, a post he held until 1976 when he became the deputy launching authority until 1985. Mr Derham...

Deb Graham, daughter of Exmouth coxswain Keith Graham, helped mark a special occasion when she went aboard Exmouth's Trent class lifeboat during the traditional Christmas Day swim off Exmouth beach last year.

Deb, sadly... - View image in PDF

WHITSTABLE, Sunday January 19, 1986: a 24ft fishing boat, Duke Senior, with a party of anglers on board ran aground outside the harbour in a strong westerly force 9 gale. She was later re-floated by the rising tide and at 1417 she was...

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