LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Four sailing boats A NEAR GALE WAS BLOWING from the north when, at 1055 on Thursday, September 2, information was received that a catamaran was burning a red flare off St Ives Harbour entrance.

Visibility was only moderate,...

Aberdeen.—At 6.37 in the morning of the 13th of January, 1949, informa- tion was received from the Pilot Station that a vessel was aground to the north of the north pier, Aberdeen Bay, but was not making signals of...

JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched 48 times and rescued 71 lives.

ESCORT FOR FLAMBOROUGH BOAT Flamborough, Yorkshire.—During the afternoon of the 6th of January. 1954, a fishing coble was still at sea in...

PRINCESS VICTORIA
Our feature on the Princess Victoria disaster in the spring issue evoked some memories for readers:

Pamela Miley writes:
Your article on the Princess Victoria brought back memories...

With five motor fishing vessels preparing to try to enter harbour in an easterly gale and very rough seas, Scarborough lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Amelia, launched at 1426 on March 18 and stood by at the entrance. Coastguards stood by on the... - View image in PDF

As a reader of the Lifeboat magazine, when you book a self-catering holiday with cottages4you, you get a 5% discount and the company gives at least 5% of the purchase price to the RNLI.

Now, you can win £300 off the...

Coxswain's Certificate of Service.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to the following, on their retire- ment : SAMUEL THOMAS, 4f years coxswain, and 14£ years second...

(from page 47) east, near gale force 7, the sea moderate; visibility was good.

The honorary medical adviser could not embark as he was already at an emergency, but the injured man had been tended by a member of La Quintals...