LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lillibet
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.17 on the morning of the 19th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Kentish Knock lightvessel that the yacht Lillibet was proceeding towards Middle Knock buoy with her...
A Dinghy (8)
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 10.20 on the night of the 20th August, 1961, the coastguard told the mechanic that he had received a report that a dinghy was missing off shore opposite the Redcar- Marske boundary. While the coast- guard was making...
A Sailing Boat and Dinghy
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 9.40 on the evening of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from some boys that a boat was being carried out to sea by the strong ebb tide and that the...
Mr C E Link
Mr. Charles Ernest Link, who in 1963 received the highest award the R.N.L.I.
can make to an honorary worker, appointment as Honorary Life Governor, died on 29th July, 1969. For many years he worked tirelessly for the...
Category: Obituaries
Westmorland
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford - At10.10 a.m. on 28th November, 1969, a report was received that a member of the crew of the m.f.v. Westmorland needed urgent medical attention. At 10.30 the life-boat R. Hope Roberts slipped her moorings in a...
Universal Dipper
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 9.40 a.m. on 6th June, 1967, a report was received that the motor fishing vessel Universal Dipper was aground half a mile west of Sker Point. As the vessel was high and dry it was decided to delay the...
Stingray and Sultan
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 1.4 p.m. on ist September, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two flares had been burned by the m.f.v. Stingray. There was a fresh north-westerly breeze with a rough sea. It was almost high water. The...
Our Man In Towcester
Our man in Towcester Despite suffering a stroke some 10 years ago, wheelchair bound Colin Baldry remains as the RNLI's 'man in Towcester'. Colin, pictured here with Mrs Dora Gamble on Towcester flag day last year, does not get... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lewes Arms
Lewis Carroll would have been surprised to see the Lewes Arms adaptation of Alice in Lewes Land. Licensee, Paul Stonehouse, alias Flopsie the White Rabbit, his wife Pauline, the Queen of Hearts, plus six members of Lewes and District... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Around the Coast
SECOND OF THE STEEL HULLED 18 knot fast afloat Thames class lifeboats, Elizabeth Ann, 50-002, recently completed her first comparative trials with the prototype, 50-001, and with an Arun class boat, 52-02. Although only light to moderate...
Category: Articles