LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Outbreak of fires At 4.30am on 4 January 2006, the B class Atlantic 21 Falmouth Round Table launched to a 6.7m yacht on fire on the Penryn River, Cornwall. The skipper had been asleep when the fire started but managed to escape through the...

Outbreak of fires At 4.30am on 4 January 2006, the B class Atlantic 21 Falmouth Round Table launched to a 6.7m yacht on fire on the Penryn River, Cornwall. The skipper had been asleep when the fire started but managed to escape through the...

What could be better after a hard day’s work, whether at sea or on land, than a hot bowl of soup?

This March, New Covent Garden Soup Co launches a new flavour – Chunky Chipotle Chilli Bean and Chorizo – sales of which...

There's never been a better time to visit the UK’s National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.

The RNLI section of the arboretum has just been redesigned, courtesy of expert garden designer Chris Beardshaw,...

With deep regret we record the following deaths: October 1996 Mrs Peggy Mabe, president of Fishguard and Goodwick ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Mabe was a founder member of the guild in 1961 and held the office of treasurer during her time on...

Angle, Pembrokeshire.—31 st January, 1938. A coastguard brought news by car that distress signals had been seen W.S.W. of Flimston Head, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £11 11s. 9d..

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 10 a.m. on 24th June, 1965, the coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser was firing red flares one mile east of Shoreham harbour. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at 10.7 in a fresh to...

Propeller fouled LENA B, a 32ft beam trawler, 2'/2 miles south east of Hastings with her propeller fouled by a fishing net, was reported to the honorary secretary of Hastings lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0700 on Sunday October 12...