News of the October 9th shout by Hoylake RNLI: A crane barge working in the River Mersey with 2 persons on board was suffering under severe weather conditions. Hoylake and New Brighton Lifeboats … [Read more...]
Latest RNLI shout
Ian Davies, Hoylake RNLI writes: Last night we were tasked to investigate a red flare sighting at 22:30Hrs. We searched for 3hrs and called in the assistance of West Kirby Lifeboat but to no avail. … [Read more...]
Latest Shout: Yacht rescue
Yacht "Drift Away" with engine failure Liverpool Coastguard requested the launch of Hoylake ALB last Sunday evening to assist a 40ft yacht with engine problems. The casualty, on passage to … [Read more...]
30th June Lifeboat shout
Hoylake & West Kirby Lifeboats were launched on 30th June to assist the yacht "Wisper" caught in bad weather in the River Dee. Suffering from sea sickness, West Kirby ILB transferred one crew … [Read more...]
Hoylake RNLI: Latest shout
At 1:30am, June 17th Hoylake Lifeboat crew were paged to launch for a medical evacuation from the 90m cargo ship "Kastor" anchored at the Liverpool Bar. Two lifeboat first aiders boarded the vessel to … [Read more...]
Hoylake RNLI: Latest ‘shout’ captured on video
In the early hours of this morning (16th May, 2013), Hoylake lifeboat’s volunteer crew was tasked to a 94m wind farm survey vessel, 8.5 miles from station to evacuate one of its crew, suffering from … [Read more...]
Lifeboat Exercise: Name the year?
Many thanks to Roland Colcutt for this series of photos capturing Hoylake RNLI during a practice exercise. Can you put a date to these photos?: … [Read more...]
Viewing the lifeboat in the 1970s
Ian Davies (Hoylake RNLI) wonders if you recognise anyone in this photo taken at the old lifeboat station? Ian comments: "This photo is from about 1970 and was taken after a church parade when … [Read more...]
RNLI March
Here's a photo kindly sent in by Peter Bond. It captures members of Hoylake RNLI on a recent March, but can anyone tell me what the occasion was? … [Read more...]
Hoylake Lifeboat: 1906 disaster
Many thanks to Ian Davies (Hoylake RNLI) for sending me a press archive from 1906. Ian writes: "We had a lucky find the other day when we were given the transcript of a Birkenhead News item from … [Read more...]