LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Another challenge - another environment - another first. This challenge is to be the first to solo circumnavigate the UK and Ireland by sea kayak. In total it will be over 4,950 miles, taking around 26 weeks to complete. The ambitious... - View image in PDF

Islay, Hebrides. At 10.20 on the night of the 16th of July, 1959, the lighthouse keeper at Rhuvaal informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had fired distress flares a mile and a half north-north-east of...

THE above engraving shows the interior, and persons occupying starboard side of boat. It is entirely covered in from stern to stern, having a raised hatchway, with light, and is propelled by a screw turned by hand, the locomotion and...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—On the afternoon of the 27th May the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was aground on Scroby sands, bearing N.E. by E. from Yarmouth coastguard station. A rather heavy sea was...

Appledore and Dfracombe, North Devon - At 8.35 p.m. on 17th July, 1969, the Hartland coastguard told the Appledore life-boat coxswain that the cabin cruiser Sea Sweeper, with two people on board, was in difficulties one mile west of Baggy...

SAW FLASHING LIGHT Montrose, Angus. At 11.53 P-m- on 13th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a flashing light had been reported at sea and was understood to be a distress signal. The yacht Bedouin which had...

Penlee Lifeboat Disaster With great sorrow the death is announced of the coxswain and crew of Penlee lifeboat which was lost on service on the night of Saturday December 19, 1981.

Penlee lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Solomon...

For all that a century and a quarter has passed since Grace Darling and her father attained fame, over the years their story has attracted the interest of a succession of authors. Save for two early works, which were almost blatantly fiction...