LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 2.50 p.m. on i6th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea seven miles north-north-west of Portpatrick.

The life-boat Edward Z....

Holyhead, Anglesey - At 8.18 p.m.on 3ist January, 1967, a fishing vessel, whose engines had failed, was reported to be drifting on to the rocks two miles south east of the South Stack lighthouse.

The life-boat Lady Jane and...

At 5.34 p.m. on 26th May, 1967, it was learned that Deal coastguard had intercepted a call from the wireless transmitting station Radio Caroline asking for assistance to bring ashore a crew member with a badly burned arm. The life-boat Cecil...

Divers in difficulties Cromer'sTyne was also involved in this service on 29 August, with the station's D class inflatable, when three divers were rescued after getting into difficulties.

Two men and a woman from a...

Selling Our Secrets, Silly Odd Socks, Soup Or Sandwiches … once again, lifeboat crews, lifeguards and supporters got into the spirit of SOS Day on 29 January.

Celebrity supporters included stars of Emmerdale, the Llanelli...

Regular players of the Lifeboat Lottery will know Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines as a kind sponsor, frequently donating cruises as prizes. But there is a lot more to the RNLI’s partnership with Fred. Olsen than holiday...

Boulmer, Northumberland.—1st June.

The motor vessel Westlaan, of Groningen, had made signals, but it was a pilot she wanted.—-Rewards, £12 12s..

Lowes toft, Suffolk. — 17th January, 1939. A motor trawler had grounded on the Newcombe Sands, but she refloated unaided.—Rewards, £27 11s. 6d..