LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Seaplane
At 9 A.M. on the 15th December the military authorities reported that signals of dis- tress had been observed in St. Andrews Bay. In response the Motor Life-boat Maria was launched. She proceeded to St. Andrews Bay, where she found an...
Galvanised Steel Section Columns and Bracing Members Were Bolted Together on the Beach and Then (Right) Lifted Into Place By Crane at Low Water
Galvanised steel section columns and bracing members were bolted together on the beach and then (right) lifted into place by crane at low water.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
First wave
It was 4 March 1824, an average Thursday lunchtime. Bishopsgate’s trendy London Tavern, renowned for its ‘dinners, wines and turtle’, was about to make lifesaving history …
The industrial...
Category: Articles
Netta Croan
Fire at sea A TRAWLER on fire, not under control, but under way about four miles north east of Aberdeen: that was the message received from HM Coastguard at 2055 on Saturday, April 13, by the honorary secretary, Aberdeen. The crew were...
Ranger
FISHING BOAT TOWED THROUGH HEAVY SEAS Howth, Co. Dublin. At 1.13 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the Baily lighthouse keeper reported that he had received a radio message from Lambay Island that the fishing boat Ranger of...
An Aeroplane (14)
NOVEMBER 11TH. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, AND BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea off Southport, but nothing could be found.- Rewards : Lytham-St. Annes, £17 9s. ; Blackpool, £19 19s..
L’Appel-de-Lemar
MAY 2ND. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
During the evening the French fishing vessel L’Appel-de-Lemar, while on passage from Newlyn to Fleetwood, with a crew of five, grounded on St. Bernard’s Wharf about half a mile...
Contents
A proud Paul Potter Page5 The changing face of lifeboat crews Page 22 Sophie Raworth names the first Atlantic 85 Page 31 The RNLI in the media and honours abound Lifeboats and lifeguards in action A dark, daring rescue and families saved...
Category: Contents
Druid
RESCUES BY HELICOPTER AND PILOT CUTTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 22nd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a motor vessel had capsized on the Kibble bar. At 4.12 the life-boat...
A Dell Quay Dory
Found in time THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 11, 1987 W3S bitterly cold, with temperatures falling to minus 10°C along the south coast.
In Poole Harbour a north-easterly wind created a chill factor of minus 15°C or more, so...