LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Dunbar, East Lothian. At 10.15 on the morning of the 3rd of October, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor fishing vessel Snowdrop of Inverness was disabled off the Bass Rock, six miles east of...

Dunbar, East Lothian. On the 18th June, 1961, at 8.40 in the morning messages were received from the coast- guard that a yacht in the Forth needed help but had been lost to view from the shore. Various messages were received, but all were...

Burton-on-Trent, September 27, 1986: specially brewed commemorative beer was the unusual souvenir item on sale when Hartlepool's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat. Burton Brewer, was handed over to the station in Burton-on-Trent. The Midlands... - View image in PDF

Irish Division Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were...

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Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, '* L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824....

mei_i_ieHA. MALTA Family run guest house B&B. air conditioned rooms, bar. home made cooking, restaurant, TV room, sunroof with sunbeds. Situated in centre of village - 5 mins by bus or 15 mins walk to Mellieha sandy beach. We also have...

Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.50 on the evening of the 22nd of July, 1951,, the coastguard telephoned that a boat was burning flares one mile off the Re- doubt. At 8.30 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched accompanied by the local joint...

Anstruther Lifeboat Crew Member Barry Gourlay has received an award from the Royal Humane Society for his rescue of a capsized kayaker on 19 September 2010. Barry was out for a Sunday walk with his wife and daughter when he spotted the man...