LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SWEDISH YACHT IN PERIL Hasting*, Sussex.—On the 22nd of October, 1947, the Swedish yacht Polstjarnan was alongside the pier with her engine broken down. At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that she was bumping badly against the...

Hastings' 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Fairlight, with Coxswain Frederick White at the helm, tows the Dutch yacht Octopus towards Rye Harbour during a force 6 south-south-easterly gale and in rough seas on July 19, 1987. Rye Harbour's...

Two lifeboats in night search for disabled yacht in heavy seas The Institution's chief of operations has written to Stephen Vince, the Coxswain/Mechanic of Poole lifeboat, to congratulate him on his leadership and boat handling skill...

The Institution has received three gifts, amounting to £3, from the sale of six onions..

BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—At 8.30 P.M., on the 13th August, the Albert Victor Lifeboat put off to the assistance of the yacht Puffin, of Berwick, which was brought up in a dangerous position off Spittal Beach. The owner and crew of the yacht having...

Graham Raines Crew Member aboard the Hayling Island Atlantic 21 on a service to the yacht Dingaling on 9 October 1988.

Crew Member Raines entered the water in conditions near the limit of operation for an Atlantic 21 to... - View image in PDF

Margate, Kent.—At 4.9 on the after- noon of the llth of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a yacht alongside the Tongue lightvessel needed help. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 4.23. There...

THREE TAKEN OFF At 9.30 a.m. on i6th August, 19645 Dublin harbour office told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty south of Pigeon House. There was a fresh south-easterly wind with a choppy sea and an ebbing tide. At 9.53...