LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Six-hour service in horrific conditions to fishermen wrecked on rocks When the fishing vessel Sincerity went aground in stormy conditions off Ardlamont Point, the Campbeltown lifeboat had to travel 30 miles in total darkness just to reach...

• Visitors to Clovelly usually see this famous Devon coastal village in a setting of a calm sea.

Conditions are not always as idyllic as this, however. Evidence of this is given in the excellent Short History of the...

RescUe OUT In A FLASH When three children were suddenly torn out of their depth by a rip current at a Devon beach, they were in danger of being thrown onto rocks – or worse Rip currents are the main surf hazard for beach goers – they can...

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: November 5 and December 2 Relief 52ft Arun: January 26 and February 9 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: November 4 Aldeburgh, Suffolk Relief 42ft Beach: December 30 and January 5 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in...

'COME ON, BEN,' and as Bridlington lifeboat prepares to launch on service Police Constable Usher quickly boards as seventh man; 'I'll come with you,' and at Douglas Chief Inspector Robin Corrin (later Deputy Chief...

LONG TOW IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Eleven men and fishing vessel saved In winds gusting to 90 knotsA difficult service in winds up to almost 90 knots earned coxswain / mechanic Hewitt Clark of the Lerwick lifeboat a Bronze Medal, recognising...

TWO LIFE-BOATS IN SEARCH FOR YACHT Torbay, Devon. On the 27th September, 1962, an exercise with the Torbay life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent had been arranged for seven o'clock in the evening, but at 6.41 the coastguard informed the...

FIVE Inaugural Ceremonies have taken place in Scotland during the past summer, at Girvan, Port Patrick and Kirkcudbright on the West Coast, and Cromarty and Dunbar on the East Coast. At the first four of these Cere- monies the Duke of...