LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

When Leeds ladies' luncheon club celebrated its 21st anniversary last October the oldest member, 92-year-old Mrs Rose Skelton, cut the birthday cake; it was later sold at lOp per portion, raising £5.50.

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AT 10.20 on the night of the 25th of October, 1960, two coastal tankers collided near the entrance to the dock at Sharpness on the Rivern Severn.

One was the Arkendale, which was loaded with 206 tons of diesel oil. The...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.44 early on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat was in distress off Tollesbury pier in the River Blackwater, and that people were shouting for...

News 2 Including: honoured heroes and the Lifeboats Mastercard Feature: Lofty lifesavers 8 Come for the ride with a Royal Navy helicopter crew Peep into the past 12 Including: promptitude, and Christmas goodies to a lighthouse Feature: A...

On 7th October a wireless message was received from the s.s. East Indian, of Detroit, U.S.A., that she was putting into Stornoway, as one of her crew had been severely injured. When she arrived, shortly before four on the morning of the 8th,...

[The following article appeared in the Lytham St. Annes Express on the 12th of March. It is reproduced by kind permission of the editor.] COULD you do what Lytham life-boat- men do when they are called out on an emergency? Could you...

WHEN the wrath of the tempest bursts over the deep, And the woe-laden winds from their fastnesses sweep, And revel and shriek in their terrible glee, As they whirl o'er the breast of the pitiless sea: When the foam-crested billows surge...

TRANSATLANTIC WITH STREET EXCITEMENT & INSTRUCTION Don Street, author of The Ocean Sailing Yacht' shares his lifetime of sailing experience on video.

More than twice as long as most yachting videos, you can settle...