LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

• Peter Mitchell's book The Wrecker's Guide to South West Devon has been written in response to the demands of the thousands of diving enthusiasts who each year travel to the West Country in search of the wrecks which litter its...

During a visit to Islay on July, HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, with Coxswain Alistair Campbell on the flying bridge, brings in the 50ft Thames class lifeboat Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit. photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF

Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1957, the coastguard reported that a small motor boat which had engine trouble was sheltering near Reiss Sands and that a motor fishing vessel was stand- ing by. At 3.8...

LIFE-BOAT DAY was held throughout the area of Greater London on 2nd May, and a gross sum of about £2,514 was raised. A number of separate Days were held in different parts of London in 1920 and 1921, but this is the first Greater London...

For a sensational cruise close to home, join us to discover the best of the British Isles in Bloom, with the chance to visit a delightful array of Castles and Gardens at the time of year when they are at their Springtime...

MARCH Launches 87. Lives rescued 109.

MARCH 1ST. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At 12.55 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship’s boat adrift about two miles N.N.W. of their lookout. A moderate easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate...

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 9.35 in the morning of the 5th of December, 1947, the coastguard reported that four fishing boats were at sea, a strong south- south-east breeze was blowing, a heavy sea running, and the wind and sea increasing....

Launches 27. Lives Rescued 5.

APRIL 9TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.

At 1.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that the 7,000-ton S.S. Hilary, of Liverpool, was ashore at Carmel Head. She was homeward...