LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nimrod
Coaster capsized A CARGO VESSEL, Nimrod, with a list to starboard and requiring urgent assistance was reported to the honorary secretary of Cromer lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0358 on Monday November 14, 1977. Her position was given...
When the Amble Life-Boat Went on Exercise In April, 1967, With An R.A.F. Helicopter Air Vice Marshal A. V. R. Johnstone (right), Air Officer Commanding, 18 Group, Coastal Command, was Lowered into the Life-Boat
When the Amble life-boat went on exercise in April, 1967, with an R.A.F. helicopter Air Vice Marshal A. V. R. Johnstone (right), Air Officer Commanding, 18 Group, Coastal Command, was lowered into the life-boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboats Beyond 2000
'Lifeboats Beyond 2000' identified a need to provide inshore lifeboats with even greater capabilities. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rooky's Challenge
In July, chartered surveyor Paul Rocky successfully completed the Avon challenge - a 50 mile row upstream along the Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford - to raise cash for the lifeboats.
• Paul's time (excluding stops)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties on Exercise the Lifeboat Plays a Vital Role In the Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In the Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer
Aberdeen's 52Ft Arun Bp Forties On Exercise The Lifeboat Plays A Vital Role In The Pattern of Search and Rescue Operating In The Area Photograph Courtesy Jim Fer. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Surfboards
Teamwork saves three surfers Thanks on Vellum awarded to Newquay helmsman A;ombined lifeboat and helicopter rescue in Force 8 winds saved the lives of three surfers in January - including a thirteen year old girl who was suffering from...
Gracieuse
The weather was so bad on the night of the 6th March that a watch was kept all night and at about 6.30 next morning it was reported that a schooner off the Bull Lighthouse was steering very badly.
She was watched for some...
An Aeroplane (1)
JANUARY 6TH - 7TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the evening information was received from the coastguard that a British aeroplane had come down in the sea about six miles south-west of Llanbedrog. A light...
Start, of Brixham
On the 4th Jan- uary, 1869, the trawler Start, of Brixham, was observed trying to beat to windward to obtain the shelter of Babbicombe Bay, a gale blowing at the time from the S.W., with a considerable sea. Just then she lost her mast in a...
Lightvessel Service
A LETTER of commendation signed by the Secretary of the Institution, Mr.
Stirling Whorlow, O.B.E., was sent to Coxswain A. E. V. Cadman, D.S.M., and the crew of the Dover life-boat on the part they played in rescuing seven...
Category: Services