LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Ramsgate: Sunday June 9 was the day Ramsgate's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat was dedicated and named Ramsgate Enterprise. Mr Martin Lewis, grandson of the late Mrs Holway who had left a sum of money to the station, is seen here unveiling two... - View image in PDF

With deep regret we record the following deaths: APRIL 1993 George Ellis, coxswain of Clacton lifeboat from 1953 to 1968. Mr Ellis joined the crew in 1934 and also served as second coxswain from 1945 to 1953.

JUNE 1993 Mrs...

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that the yacht Tarifa was in diffi- culties some three miles south of Portland Bill. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out at...

TOW OF YACHT TAKEN OVER Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.5 on the night of the 13th June, 1963, the Deal coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Wheelsman had taken in tow the yacht Angela of Ramsgate, which had broken down...

MONTHOSE.—A heavy storm was experienced on the llth March, the wind blowing a whole gale from the E.S.E., accompanied by a very heavy sea, snow, and sleet. At 11.35 A.M., the No 1 Life-boat Augusta, was launched,"and was towed by the...

The distance between Donaghadee, Co Down and Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, is approximately 22 miles and is one of the trickiest sea crossings in UK waters. On one Saturday in July 1985, after waiting a week for a favourable weather forecast,... - View image in PDF

Stornoway, Orkneys - At 8.30 p.m.

on I2th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the m.f.v. Flower that a member of her crew had severely injured his leg. The...

Lt David Stogdon and Captain Tonv Wicksteed On Board An Earlv Model. - View image in PDF