LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MONTROSE, FORFARSHIRE.—Nine of the large fishing-boats went out to the line fishery grounds, about ninety miles distant from the land, on the morning of the 8th May. On the following evening the wind, which was blowing from E.N.E., increased...

Whitby, Yorkshire. — At 3.45 in the afternoon on the 2nd of April, 1950, fishermen reported that the fishing coble Jean and Valerie was making very heavy weather about four miles to the south. Accordingly at 4.10 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...

The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of sen-ice on their retirement and. in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...

The roll out of the latest generation of D class inshore lifeboat, the IB1-type, looks likely to be complete by the end of the year. As soon as a new boat is built for and delivered to Teddington Lifeboat Station, every D class on active...

On the 30th of January, 1952, the Torbay life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the Royal Engineers steam tug Trieste. For full account of this service and the rewards given, see page 319..

When three people’s lives were in danger, off-duty lifeguards knew what to do

At 6pm on 16 August 2011, three lifeguards finishing their day at Porthcothan, Cornwall, advised everyone to leave...

Eleven rescued ON THE MORNING OF Monday, November 1, 1976, the uss Sellers, a guided missile destroyer, arrived in Jersey waters to pay a courtesy visit. It was originally intended that she should anchor in St Aubin's Bay but as the wind...

Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports

Tragedy hit the...