Boulmer, Northumberland. At 9.40 a.m. on i6th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of a small fleet of cobles which were making for shelter in the harbour had been delayed. The sea was moderate with light airs...
COXSWAIN LEWIS BENJAMIN HARRISON has been coxswain of Cromer No. 2 lifeboat since ist October, 1953. He joined the crew of No. 2 life-boat in 1931, and served as second coxswain of No. i life-boat for six years, from 1947 to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 12.22 p.m. on I3th August, 1965, two red flares were fired from a motor boat about one mile north of Llwyngwril. The lifeboat The Chieftain was launched at 12.30 in a fresh to strong easterly wind and a choppy...
EXPLOSION ON MOTOR VESSEL At 10.23 a-m- on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that the motor vessel Frederick T. Everard was reported to be in distress following an explosion on board. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was...
Galway Bay. At 9.15 p.m. on iyth January, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he needed the life-boat's assistance to convey a badly injured man to the mainland. The lifeboat Mabel Marion Thompson left at 10 with...
Troon, Ayrshire - At 3.50 p.m. on ist October, 1966, the honorary secretary saw a red flare aboard a motor boat off Lady Isle. Ten minutes later the lifeboat James and Barbara Aitken left her moorings in a rough sea and a fresh west north...
At 1.50 p.m. on 20th October, 1966, a longshore boat was seen burning a red flare off Pakefield beach, two miles north of Lowestoft harbour entrance. The lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings ten minutes later in a fresh...
On the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Inshore Rescue Boats Evinrude motors have to work hard.
Have to be ready for action all the time, reliable, powerful. And they always are. Every Evinrude is precision engineered,...
Category: Advertisement
At 11.28 a.m. on 20th June, 1967, a yacht was reported in difficulties off Aberaeron and was drifting ashore. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 11.40 in a strong south westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 10.45 a-m- on I9t^ July, 1967, the lifeboat R. A. Colby Cubbins No. 3 was launched in a gentle south westerly breeze and a moderate sea to stand by the trawler Picton Seaton, which had gone ashore when...