LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Avalon II
Safely ashore - two. Three weeks after the St Peter Port incident the 60ft fishing vessel Avalon II was in collision with a large tanker on 28 January, sinking while the Torbay lifeboat was on her way to the scene.
Her...
They Did It
They did it. They, (I to r) Steve Huntley, Mike Ogwo, Paul Savage, Tony Jeffery, Gary Brooks, Peter Cowup and Mick Newman, ran in relays the 80 miles between Margate lifeboat station and Islington fire station. The time taken by these seven... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary: Padraic Dillane
Padraic Dillane With deep regret we report that Coxswain Padraic Dillane of the Aran Islands lifeboat died recently following a short illness.
A greatly respected and much loved member of the local community, Padraic first...
Category: Obituaries
Breaksea
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
Breaksea (1)
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...
Junco
DEC. 19TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At 12.25 A.M. news was received from the Castletown coastguard that a vessel was ashore at Langness Point. An E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a heavy ground swell.
The motor life-boat...
Margaret
MAY 19TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 12.12 P.M. a message was received from the Kinnaird Head coastguard that a small fishing boat, about a half mile off shore, appeared unable to get back. At 12.35 P.M. a further...
An Anson Aeroplane (2)
SEPTEMBER 22ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At 2.15 in the morning the naval authorities telephoned that an aeroplane was down in the sea about three miles W.N.W. of Silecroft. A light N.E. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth...
Doris, of Shoreham
JUNE 27TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. About four in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a man was waving a red flag on a yacht which was dragging her anchor off Holland Sluice. The motor lifeboat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty...
Good with Food
Staff and customers at The Co-operative Food stores in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man took up the challenge of raising £90,000 in 90 days earlier this year, from SOS Day to the end of April.
From a...
Category: Articles