LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tic Tac and Fishing Boats Sea Breeze, Kingfisher and Mary Arden
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.30 a.m. on ist October, 1966, four local fishing boats were still at sea between New Quay and Aberystwyth, when a storm was reported. The life-boat St.
Albans was launched at 9.42 in a gale...
Togo
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 10.27 on the night of the 18th of July, 1951, a wireless message was received from the Island of Jethou that the motor boat Togo had broken down and was drifting south of Herm. At 11.3 the life-boat Queen...
Book Reviews
THE third volume in Cyril Noall's and Grahame Farr's series Wreck and Rescue around the Cornish Coast (D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, 28s.) tells the history of life-boat stations on the south coast of Cornwall. These are: Mullion,...
Category: Articles
Accidents to Life-Boats
A RECENT accident to one of our English fleet of Life-boats has once more enlisted the sympathies of the British people, and called forth their admiration of the humanity, courage, and endurance displayed by our sea-coast boatmen in their en...
Category: Articles
People and profit
Christmas is a time when many people choose to support the RNLI by buying cards and gifts from the charity – but what makes these purchases different?
You might be familiar with the RNLI's mail order catalogue, but did...
Category: Articles
Gang Warily (1)
Two lifeboats in rescue of fishing boat crew from foot of sheer cliffsCoxswain Peter Race of the Teesmouth Lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of two men from the fishing vessel Gang...
People and Places
Bandsmen dig deep Three members of the Royal Artillery Band dug deep to pull the winning tickets for the 55th National Lottery from the drum on Thursday 31 October 1991.
The band, which was appearing at the Pavilion Theatre...
Category: Articles
Pandora
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At n a.m. on igth April, 1967, news was received that the motor yacht Pandora had broken down about 14 miles south east of Port St. Mary and the freighter Caxton was standing by. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin...
Bull Point Lighthouse Bristol Channel Was Opened By Captain David Tibbitts Ssc Rn Deputy Master and Chairman of Trinity House and An Ex-Officio Member of Our Com
Bull Point Lighthouse, Bristol Channel, was opened by Captain David Tibbitts, ssc RN, Deputy Master and Chairman of Trinity House and an ex-officio member of our Committee of Management.
Designed by a Trinity House team... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
June
MAY 31ST. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. Men had been reported aboard an R.A.F. target raft, but they were cormorants which flew away as the life-boat approached. - Rewards, £8 1s.and towed her to a berth in Walton River.
She...
Category: Services