LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of June, 1956, the weather was deteriorating. The local fishing fleet was at sea, and the position of one boat gave some cause for anxiety, so it was decided to launch the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...

Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...

TRAWLER LOST PROPELLER At 4.10 p.m. on 26th November, 1965, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the Newlyn trawler Jacqueline had lost her propeller and that another trawler, the Trewarveneth, had attempted to give a tow but in...

EMERGENCY CALL At 9.15 p.m. on the same day the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young man was suffering from severe head injuries after an accident. No other boat was available and as it was imperative to take the patient to...

TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH ENGINE TROUBLE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 5.17 on the afternoon of the 23rd January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen from the Peterhead look-out two and a half...

IRB's ALSO LAUNCHED Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 6.45 p.m. on loth August, 1965, news came that a cafe owner at Fontigary Bay had reported a number of children were trapped on the rocks on a rising tide. The life-boat Rachel and Mary...

JANUARY 5TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.

At 5.10 P.M. the coastguard reported distress signals a mile west of Eshaness Point, and the motor life-boat The Rankin was launched at 5.45 P.M. A strong northerly gale was blowing, with a...

More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.

Lerwick - Scotland Division Lerwick, in the Shetland Isles, lies in the midst of one of the world's wildest and most unfriendly waters - severe gales can be expected...