LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Newspoint Ten years after the capsize of the Salcombe lifeboat the double capsize of Hartlepool's Waveney class lifeboat in February 1993 brings home once again that the sea is a harsh mistress, and that those who venture...

DURING 1934 services were rendered off the shores of foreign countries to 34 British vessels in distress, and 69 lives were rescued from them. Of these lives 22 were rescued off the Danish coast and 44 off the coast of...

The History of the Blyth and Cambois Lifeboats The History of the Eyemouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris Published by the author - prices in text Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society continues his self-imposed...

31 January 1953. A storm is building that will cause one of the UK’s worst natural disasters. Despite the gale warnings, at 7.45am the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria begins her regular passage across the Irish Sea. She will never...

And talking of parrots...

What does the word 'polylope' mean to you, apart from two love-struck parrots setting out on a new life together? In fact it represents an opportunity for significant cost savings to the...

RescUe Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity....

Eleven Lives Lost on the Yorkshire Coast.

ON the evening of 24th September, 1935, the steam trawler Skegness, of Hull, returning to Hull from the Faroes, with eleven men on board, went ashore under Speeton Cliffs on the...

Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of February, 1954, fishermen at Burn- mouth reported that the motor fishing boats Braw Lads and Misty Isle were making for Burnmouth in bad...