LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 5TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO.

DOWN. A message was received from the coastguard at 10.40 in the morning that an aeroplane was down in the sea near Ardglass.

A fresh southerly breeze was blowing with a...

SEPTEMBER 22ND. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Flares had been reported about two miles to the S.W. but nothing was found. - Rewards, £8 2s..

Coxswain Herbert Jones, of Hoylake, and two other men have won bronze medals for rescuing two men whose dinghy was in grave danger in very heavy seas off West Kirby in the river Dee. They went out to the rescue in a dinghy knowing that if...

In the first eight months of 1946 life-boats have rescued 514 lives, an average of 64 lives a month..

5 November 2011: Whitby’s D class lifeboat OEM Stone III sped to the cliffs west of Whitby Harbour, where two people cut off by the tide had tried to climb to safety and got stuck. A lifeboat crew member went...

Launches 17. Lives rescued Nil JUNE 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.20 A.M. i t was reported by telephone that a small fishing boat was in distress to the south of Berwick pier, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...

APRIL 2 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 6.15 in the evening a message was received that the fishing boat Emily, of Ballycotton, returning from Youghal fishing grounds, was drifting out to sea and flying a signal of distress, about 5 miles...

How do you keep a 24/7 search-and-rescue service running when a coxswain is taking a well-earned holiday? What about when a family emergency arises for the station mechanic? Or illness strikes? Meet the team who answer the call for...