LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Information was given to the Life-boat Coxswain shortly before 1 o'clock on the afternoon of 29th February that the motor fishing boat Pilot Me had broken down about three miles N.N.W. of Whitby. A strong N.E. to E. breeze was blowing,...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—The fishing fleet put to sea early in the morning of the llth March, but the weather got bad, and by 11 A.M. all but three boats had returned. A strong east breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and heavy showers of snow....

The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 4th February. At about 1 P.M., on 'the flowing tide, the sea made rapidly, and conditions became dan- gerous for the boats. The motor life- boat Margaret Marker Smith was launched...

THE THANKS of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Coxswain Harold Parkinson and Mr. Kenneth Smith, of Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire, for a shore boat service in which they saved a yacht and two...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 4.4 on the afternoon of 21st April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had occurred aboard the motor vessel Frandor in a position four miles south- west-by-west...

HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the outer harbour at 10 P.M. on the 30th September last during stormy weather and a rough sea. The Thomas Fielden Life-boat was launched, proceeded outside Salt Island, and found the brig- antine...

THE CENTRAL APPEALS COMMITTEE met for its final meeting at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, May 8, following the annual general meeting.

The CAC had been formed at a time when income was not balancing...

Behind the scenes, a lifeboat station mechanic must be both meticulous and creative to keep the service running – and his fellows safe

Mark Blatcher is poring over wiring diagrams. He’s trying...