LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...

At 6.30 A.M. on 8th February, the steam trawler Johannesburg, of Scarborough, ran ashore on the north side of Filey Brigg. She had a crew of nine on board. Information was given by the Coastguard and the Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat...

NEWBIGQIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 12th May towards the middle of the day the N.N.E. wind freshened and the sea became dangerously rough.

Several of the fishing cobles were at sea, and as four were known to be some miles...

At 5.10 P.M. on the 22nd February, during a W.N.W.

hurricane, the schooner Lord March, of Whitstable, was observed about five miles to the north of Palling, flying signals of distress. With all speed the crew of the No. 2...

On the 26th De- cember the ship Tenessarian, of Liverpool, was totally wrecked, during a gale of wind from the N., on Arklow Bank. As soon as possible the Arklow life-boat was launched, and found the vessel on the bank about three miles to...

NOVEMBER 18TH . - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE During the afternoon two local motor boats were reported overdue, and at 5 P.M. the motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched to search for them . A light westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate swell....

Capsized motor cruiser THE DUTY COASTGUARD on watch in the lookout of Solent MRSC on the spring bankholiday Monday, May 25, reported at 1256 that a vessel had capsized in the vicinity of the Shingles Bank Elbow Buoy at the western approaches...

• The history of Britain's Coastguard is an extraordinarily colourful one, and it is surprising that hitherto no full history of the service has been published.

The deficiency has now been made good by William Webb in...