LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of December, 1960, the honorary secretary was in- formed by Valentia radio station that the trawler Ros Airgead had fouled her propeller and needed help. When the life-boat Peter and...

Three Alderney lifeboat volunteers received top honours at the Daily Express Vodafone Life Savers Awards in October for their rescue of three people swept out to seaLifeboat Operations Manager David McAllister and Lifeboatmen Phil Murray and...

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The following are the words of a spirited and striking song, set to music by the well-known composer Stephen Adams, recently published by Messrs. Boosey & Co., of Regent Street, London. The words, it will be observed, are by F....

SAW DISTRESS SIGNAL Hastings, Sussex. At 1.35 p.m. on 2nd August, 1964, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a fishing vessel two miles south of Rye harbour appeared to be flying a distress signal. There was a smooth sea with a light...

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The sound of clicking keyboards and ringing phones at RNLI Headquarters is pierced with a long, shrill bleep. It’s a pager alert. Chris Speers, the RNLI’s E-Design Officer, jumps up, gives a nod that means ‘not sure when I’ll be back’, and...