LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Scotland South Division Breeches buoy rescue TWO PEOPLE IN DANGER, stranded on a rock at the mouth of the River Dee, were reported to the deputy launching authority of Kirkcudbright lifeboat station by Ardrossan Coastguard at 1321 on Sunday,...

Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 12.50 a.m.

on 20th July, 1966, a small dinghy, with four youths aboard, was reported missing.

At 1.50, following a message saying that boat could not be found in the harbour, the...

TWO BOATS AT SEA FOR A TOTAL OF 13 HOURS Escort for listing cargo boat in 70 knot winds Sennen Cove and Clovelly - South West Division Sennen Cove's relief Rother The Davys Family was launched in winds gusting up to 71 knots on 25 March...

• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.

Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...

FIVE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN RESCUED Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 11.10 on the evening of Saturday the 14th of September, 1963, the police told the honorary secretary that a number of people were trapped on a cliff in Loch...

Triumphant Julie Davidson receives her •crown from Filey's Coxswain Frank Jenkinson.

Her title, Filey Lifeboat Queen 1983-4, is contested each year in aid of the station.

Gordon Warley, of Primrose... - View image in PDF

Four naming ceremonies of motor life-boats took place in the summer of 1947 at Cadgwith, Holy Island, Pwllheli and The Mumbles.

Cadgwith The Cadgwith life-boat is of the 35-feet 6-inches, light, self-righting type, weighing...

Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF