LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The crew of Peterhead’s Tamar class lifeboat.

The Misses Robertson of Kintail, are pictured recovering a woman from the water into the Tamar’s inflatable daughter boat on 20 August.

This year marks the centenary of the Fethard lifeboat disaster, when nine volunteers from the Co Wexford station died during a brave rescue attempt in unforgiving seas.

On 20 February 1914, 14 Fethard crew members launched...

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Robert Wright MBE, Second Coxswain at Pwllheli Lifeboat Station. Robert was taken ill during a lifeboat launch in September and, despite the best efforts of his fellow crew and other...

THE Admiralty Register of the Wrecks that have occurred on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the year 1854 has just been published by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the Wreck Chart of the British Isles for the same...

Longhope (The Orkneys).

At one in the morning on 5th January, the Aberdeen steam trawler, Braconmoor, outward bound for the fishing grounds, went ashore on TornessPoint, in the Orkneys, three and a half miles from Longhope....

Yacht dragging anchor A YACHT AT ANCHOR but in difficulties in heavy seas off Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, was seen by Mumbles Coastguard and reported to the Mumbles honorary secretary at 1350 on December 19, 1973.

Maroons were...

Engine room flooded THE COXSWAIN of Wells lifeboat was informed by HM Coastguard at 1412 on Friday November 20, 1981, that there was a possible casualty 2Vi miles north of Brancaster, and the coxswain immediately passed on to the station...

Lottery—win and share This morning I had numerous bills in the first post and was wondering how to pay them when I opened your letter of July 21 notifying me of my tremendous luck in winning £1,000 in the RNLI national lottery. I thank...