LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AT about midnight on 19th April an urgent message was signalled from the island of Papa Stour, in the Shetlands, asking for a doctor and a nurse to be sent at once to the help of a boy, four years old, who had fractured his...

Coaster aground LATE ON THE NIGHT OF Saturday November 9, 1985, the Dutch coaster, Anne, radioed that she was dragging her anchor and getting close to Long Scar rocks near Hartlepool. There was a north-north-easterly strong gale force 9,...

Rescue of sailor leaves no room for error When a lone sailor found himself in trouble in Runswick Bay last September, it took close cooperation between the crews of the Staithes and Runswick inshore lifeboat and the Whitby all-weather...

Rescue of sailor leaves no room for error When a lone sailor found himself in trouble in Runswick Bay last September, it took close cooperation between the crews of the Staithes and Runswick inshore lifeboat and the Whitby all-weather...

Following the service by the Swanage life-boat, recorded elsewhere in this issue, the secretary of the Swanage branch received a letter of appreciation, the opening paragraphs of which are quoted below, together with a donation.

Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 10.15 on the night of the 9th of August, 1959, the owner of the yacht Avis told the honorary secretary that the yacht, which had two men on board, was over- due on passage from Beaumaris to Knott End,...

THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...

• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.

Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...