LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Venture, of Immingham
number, Yorkshire - At 1.45 p.m. on 7th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a fishingboat had broken down and was drifting one mile south-east of Chequer buoy. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty...
Spurt
Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 7.15 p.m. on 3ist January, 1966, the coxswain received a message that a ship on passage from Antwerp to Fenit had engine trouble off the Maheree islands in Tralee bay. The life-boat Hilton Briggs left her moorings at...
Sheila Ann
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 7.55 p.m. on 26th April, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a speedboat had capsized one and a half miles east-south-east of Shoreham harbour entrance. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip...
Solihull Appeal
Although the Borough of Solihull Lifeboat Appeal formally closed in September of last year, money kept flooding in after that date and the total raised was £41,310.74.
The money will be used to purchase a new Atlantic... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Now showing: Lifeboat Heroes
Lifeboat Heroes, the RNLI documentary shown on the History channel last April, is now available on DVD.
Ben Fogle tells the RNLI story in the main feature. The DVD also includes special extras, such as dramatic real-life...
Category: Articles
Lifeguards award
The Alison Saunders’ Lifeguarding Award 2010 will be presented to Jamie Rowlands and Andy Waterfield of Polzeath Beach, Cornwall, for rescuing two surfers on 29 October.
In a demonstration of seamanship worthy of an...
Category: Articles
A Canoe
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1952, a motor-cyclist arrived at the life-boat station and reported that a canoe with a boy clinging to it was being carried out to sea off Newbiggin, about five miles...
A Yacht and an Aeroplane
JULY 11TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 8.15 A.M. the life-boat station was informed that an air battle was imminent. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes later it was reported that an armed yacht...
Maria
JULY 9TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, AND CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. While bound from Rochester to Maldon with a load of brick rubble the barge Maria, of Rochester, lost her sprit and was in difficulties about one and a half miles S.W. of the Swin...
A Trawler
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—27th October, 1939. A trawler was reported to be sounding her siren as if in distress, but two trawlers which the life-boat found were neither of them in need of help.—Rewards, £12 15s..