LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Sometimes you can do everything right and the sea will still find a way to catch you out. Two friends from Bristol found this out when they decided to hit the east Devon coast for the late May Bank Holiday

With...

1963 Kt 311,782 562 67,171 18,851 250 56,924 21,060 5,016 3,932 86,932 3,831 83,101 481,717 11,058 1,189 24,448 2,439 3.83I 42,965 39,602 33,883 73,485 75,918 2,409 12,716 61,666 3,522 1,546 81,859 46,827 8,632 409 55,868 811,812...

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LIFE-BOATS:— New Life-boats for the following Stations : On account— 156,764 304 44,343 17,104 Aberdeen, Aldeburgh, Ballycotton, Dunbar, Islay, Lerwick, Newhaven, Penlee, Scarborough,...

No Day Too Long An Hydrographer's Tale by Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie published by the Pent/and Press at £15.50 ISBN 1 872795 63 3 The chart is such a commonplace item aboard a boat that it is often taken for granted. But spare a...

Dragging in storm A YACHT DRAGGING her anchor in North Mouth, Out Skerries, 20 miles north east of Lerwick lifeboat station, in Shetland, was reported to the deputy launching authority by Lerwick Coastguard at 0051 on Tuesday September21,...

Fishing vessel aground A DISTRESS CALL asking for lifeboat assistance from the fishing vessel Admiral Van Tromp was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by Whitby Coastguard at 0302 on Thursday, September 30, 1976; the...

INFLATABLE STEPS IN TO TAKE OVER TOW Heavy seas and poor conditions as D class saves three A service by Port Talbot's D class inshore lifeboat in difficult conditions has led to the award of the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on...

Although there was a damp and misty start to the day it did not deter about 5,000 people from joining in the fun at last autumn's annual Hartlepool harbour fete, which is organised by the local branch and its many friends. The highlight...