LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Two sailors clung to a ledge beneath Welsh cliffs, lashed by waves with the tide rising around them

With the sea and wind driving directly onto the rocky shoreline, this would be an extremely...

After a fishing boat capsized in seconds just outside Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford, two volunteer crew members had to improvise if they were to respond in time …

Coxswain Eamonn O’Rourke...

When Angle crew members were jolted awake by the beeping of pagers at 2am, they faced a race against time to rescue the crew of a sinking fishing boat.

Waking to a direct page from the Coastguard on that chilly morning on...

Search for swimmer FOR WHITBY'S 1983 lifeboat day, Saturday August 6, the weather was fine and clear with little wind and calm water.

Just before 1500 the lifeboat crew were assembling aboard the 44ft Waveney relief...

(Continued from page 202) hammers and crowbars to break windows and glass partitions, aluminium ladders, harnesses, slings, folding basket stretchers and as many portable lights as possible.

Delegates were also able to draw...

Appeal success It was a proud moment when Southend Mayor Ken Cater unveiled a commemorative plaque at the town's inshore lifeboat house, next to the pier.

It acknowledged the hard work of Shoreline Club No. 3 in raising...

Fishing vessel towed to safety in storm force winds Appledore and Ilfracombe lifeboats were both involved in a service to a fishing vessel near Bideford Bar on 31 March 1994. Coxswain Michael Bowden of Appledore lifeboat was awarded the...

Two fathers stranded at sea were about to give up hope of seeing their children again after a jetskiing trip went horribly wrong ...

Battered by huge waves after their watercraft sank and now...