LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Whitby Motor Life-boat Margaret Harker-Smith put out in a moderate N.E. breeze with a moderately rough sea at 12.50 P.M. on 15th December, as the sea was growing worse and some anxiety was felt for the small fishing-coble Lilian, which...

Capsized coaster IN THE EARLY MORNING of Tuesday November 6, 1979, Niton Radio, Isle of Wight received a mayday call from the coaster Pool Fisher: 'We are going over, position south west of St Catherine's Point'. Nothing more was...

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At 7.30 A.M. on the 8th December, during a dense fog, the watchman reported that a vessel was ashore on the beach, one mile to the eastward of the watch-house. The crew of the Life-boat were at once assembled and proceeded in the...

COXSWAIN WATCHES TILL YACHT IS EM TROUBLE Appledore, Devon. During the morning of the 21st July, 1962, the coxswain saw a small motor yacht with one man on board leave Appledore in a strong westerly breeze and an ebbing tide. He kept the...

Lifeboat crew members are renowned for mostly being volunteers and they are called to action from their ‘day job’ by pager alert (see page 14). In contrast, most RNLI lifeguards are paid (usually through local authority funding) as, when...

(Right) A bouquet from Julie Graham for the donor, Mrs A. A. Ritchie, who . . .. - View image in PDF

LIFE-BOAT ESCORTS YAWL WITH SIX CHILDREN ABOARD Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 31st August, 1962, a message was received from Cahirciveen that six children were adrift in a yawl under oars and were being blown seawards...