LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

North Eastern Division Cut off by tide INFORMATION THAT A MAN had been reported cut off by the tide below the cliffs in the vicinity of the Coastguard lookout was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station at 1630 on Sunday,...

1st. When you approach a drowning person, assure him, with a loud and firm voice, that he is safe.

2nd. Before jumping in to save him, divest yourself as far and as quickly as possible of all clothes, especially boots and...

THE War, the greatest in which a nation has ever been involved, has entirely absorbed public interest, and the purses which have been so generously opened to the innumerable appeals in connexion with the War have, almost of necessity, been...

To WILLIAM MILLER, on his retirement, after serving 26 years as Coxswain of the Eyemouth Life-boat, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.

To ALFRED BINDING, on his retirement, after serving 24 years as Coxswain of the...

Shortly after midnight on the 8-9th August, the Coxswain was informed by the Coastguard that a fishing-boat was ashore on the rocks behind Keith Inch.

There was a heavy sea running with a strong N.W. breeze at the time, and...

BEEN out in the Life-boat often ? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough.

When it's rougher than this? Lor" bless you! this ain't what we calls rough; It's when there's a gale a-blowin', and the waves run in and...

Dark Blackpool When a man in a 5m angling boat off Blackpool had difficulty landing in force 5 winds and darkness, he aborted the attempt and took the boat back out to sea. It was 21 December 2004 and the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Bickerstaffe...

PROBLEM: The kit onboard a fishing vessel is expensive, and many crews ‘make do’, mend, or replace their broken machinery with kit that’s not always in line with modern safety standards. On top of that, crew training isn’t always as...