LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WEXFORD, Co. WEXFORD.—A yawl belonging to Wexford broke adrift on the night of the 27th May, 1902. A strong gale from W.S.W. was blowing at the time, accompanied by a heavy sea. Owing to the stress of weather the crew were unable to make the...

THK Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was ordered to be launched...

WHETHER the Shetland Islands were the Ultima Thule of the Romans or whether that term was really applied to Iceland, as many believe, is immaterial to most people living in the " adjacent islands" of Great Britain and Ireland; it...

The RNLI closed its inshore lifeboat station at St Abbs in Berwickshire in September, following an earlier announcement of changes to four stations in the north east of England and the Scottish Borders.

An extensive review...

During a moderate N.N.E. gale on the night of 30th September, the Bar light-ship broke loose from her moorings and commenced to drift towards the banks. Her position was one of considerable danger, and signals of distress attracted the...

Launches 41 Lives rescued 56

APRIL 3RD. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

A message was received from the son of the life-boat coxswain, Dumble, that his father and his father’s partner were out in their crab-boat...

On 28th August, which was Mechanic William F. Mann's last day with the Exmouth life-boat after 18 years, he was called out when the inshore inflatable craft Fundraiser, taking part in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race, was not checked off at...

West Bridgford

YOUNG FUNDRAISER RECOGNISED

Fourteen-year-old Luke Jenkins has been helping to save lives at sea for most of his life. As a baby,
his mother Aisling carried him in a sling on an...