LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 9 a.m. on 29th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two cobles were still about eight miles north-east of the Brig and in view of the deteriorating weather they might need help. At 11.20 the life-boat The Isa &...

Christmas cakes are Mrs Ann Martin's speciality and every year she bakes one and presents it as a raffle prize to Denis Morgan, honorary secretary of Shoreline club No 4 in Milton Keynes. So far £200 have been raised by her generous... - View image in PDF

The first all-weather 'Blue Peter' lifeboat, the Trent class Blue Peter VII, on trials before going to her station at Fishguard.. - View image in PDF

/ /•Yfi + zifi'f-o Notes of the Quarter, by Patrick Howarth Ill Lifeboat Services.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 113 Postscript. . .: extracts from an article by Captain Basil Hall, an inspector XLV of lifeboats at the turn of the century 119...

The Life - boat Charles and Eliza Laura landed the crews of the schooner Hermod, of Marstal, six in number, on the 12th December, during a moderate N.N.E.

gale. The vessel at the time was bound from Troon to Lisbon, but was...

WE have, for some years past, noted from time to time the progress of the Life-boat Organizations in other coun- tries which have established a Service of this character, whether under the State or, as in our case, on a voluntary basis. In...

The lifeboat service relies heavily on its network of branches, guilds and volunteer fundraisers to bring in the money, so it is important that the best tools for the job are readily available to those who need them.

The...

MAY 21ST. -WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.

The trawler Gardar, of Iceland, had been sunk in collision with the steamer Miguel de Larrinaga, but the latter picked up the majority of the Gardar’s crew, and the lifeboat found only...