LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gallant Scottish Fishermen. The Rescue of Three Bathers at Port William
ON the afternoon of 15th September, 1935, two men and a girl went bathing in the bay at Port William, Wigtown- shire, in a very heavy surf. They kept in the broken water close inshore, but they were swept off their feet by a much larger wave...
Category: Services
The Danish Fishing Vessels Clupea, Rosslau, Anne Stranne and Kami
FOUR BOATS AND CREWS SAVED IN deteriorating weather conditions on 8th November, 1971, the 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, stationed at Kirkwall, Orkney, went to the aid of the Danish fishing vessel Clupea which had broken...
Marine Search and Rescue Organisation
THE report of the committee set up to review the Marine Search and Rescue Organisation of the United Kingdom has now been published. Its publication was reported briefly in certain newspapers, but had little editorial...
Category: Articles
Westward
Crabber swamped in Force 12 windsCoxswain/Mechanic Malcolm MacDonald of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for a service in which the Stornoway lifeboat rescued two men from a crabber which was...
Coronella
Making water WICK COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Thurso lifeboat station at 1355 on Tuesday September 7,1982, that the fishing vessel Coronella was making water off Duncansby Head andthe lifeboat was asked to launch with pumps...
The Joint Services Training Yacht Kukri, and Zingana
Rescue by fishermen A NORTH-EASTERLY NEAR GALE, force 7, gusting to force 8 was blowing and the sea in St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly, was rough when at about 1625 on the afternoon of Tuesday May 22, 1984, the joint services training...
A Motor Boat
THE COASTGUARD informed New Quay honorary secretary at 1740 on July 30, 1974, that a small motor boat had been seen drifting towards the rocks about half a mile north of Trwyn-Croi, some four miles south of the station. Three minutes later...
Cherbourg to Hamble By John Spicer
YE OLDE WHYTE HARTE, Hamble, has for a number of years supported the RNLI, culminating in a total of £1,500 being raised in 1979. Each year new ideas have been thought of to raise money and last year during opening hours and amid much...
Category: Donations
A Dive Boat
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
A Dive Boat (1)
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...