LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MARCH 18TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.

News had been received through Wick Radio that the Italian steamer Verbania was in distress, seven miles N.E. of Foula, but the life-boat, which was out for fifteen hours, could find nothing. ...

JUNE 27TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.

An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that the aeroplane had returned safely. - Rewards, £7 13s. 6d.

West Division Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Moelfre lifeboat station was informed by Holyhead Coastguard at 0845 on Sunday September 21, 1980, that the yacht July Morn had reported that she was in difficulties, her rudder broken,...

The Seaham, Co. Durham, life-boat station celebrated its cenentary in September. A service was held and Mr. P. Denham Christie, a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I., presented the centenary...

In storm force winds and darkness, the yacht Annarchy had engine problems and was steering an erratic course. The Moelfre crew had to manoeuvre the lifeboat close enough to the yacht for Rod Pace to jump aboard and regain control of the...

Trapped in mud TWO YOUNG GIRLS, Mandy Warren and Katie Flowers, were walking near Benarth Point on Conwy Estuary on Saturday morning, January 19, when, at about 0915, they heard shouts for help in the distance and shots being fired. They ran...

SHORELINE STAFF wish all members and everyone connected with the RNLI a happy and successful new year.

October 1974 was a landmark for us, when the 20,000th Shoreline member was enrolled. This member was 12-yearold Linda...

LIFE-BOATS have other things to do besides the saving of life from shipwreck.

Among the islands off Scotland and Ireland their help is often asked, when rough weather makes impossible the use of ordinary boats. The most...