LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...

Tá na báid ar snámh san fharraige, Slán abhaile go dtaga na fir. The boats are floating on the sea, May the men come safely home.
Irish folk song

An island on western Europe’s extreme,...

" You are at the seaside. You get into conversation with a fisherman and find that he is the life-boat coxswain. Describe your conversation with him." IN 1938 the competitors in the essay competition were asked to imagine...

Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1953.

the Civic Guard at Portmagee reported that the fishing boat Ros Corr, of Dublin, with a crew of six, needed help seven miles north of Bray Head....

Stilgoeing strong On 5 March Riegate and Redhill branch and guild held an Anniversary Dinner at Reigate Manor Hotel.

Nearly 120 people attended the event and guest of honour was entertainer and High Sheriff of Surrey,...

Naming ceremonies Henry Alston Hewatai Mallaig Mallaig's new all-weather Severn class lifeboat was named after the father of Catherine Hewat of Glasgow, who funded the majority of the £1,8m lifeboat with a bequest in excess of £...

IN presenting to Parliament the Wreck Register and Chart for the year 1873—4, the BOARD OF TRADE observe that it has been found advisable to make up its tables from the 1st July to the 30th June, instead of from the 1st January to the 31st...

Senneris Cove 37ft 6m Rather lifeboat Diana White launched in a strong and squally north-north-westerly gale and very rough seas on February 6, 1983, to go to the help of the Irish passenger ferry St Killian II which had lost all power and... - View image in PDF