LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Looe Fishing Boat
DECEMBER 1 1TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
A Looe fishing boat had been reported overdue, but she reached harbour unaided. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
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Nov. 20TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A loud explosion could be heard, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £16 2s. 9d.
Shoreline
Bronze medallist David Wilson, of Thornhill, Dewsbury.
West Yorkshire, plans to be in Rome next year to take part in the World Model Powerboat Championships, flush with his success in the 1987 event at Schwerin, East...
Category: Articles
Youthful Crew Set Sail
Youthful crew set sail nine young crew members from around the RnLi will step aboard a tall ship for a very different seafaring experience this October, kindly sponsored by trinity House.
the 17–25-year-old volunteers are...
Category: Articles
Ethel Edith
During a fresh S. gale on 13th January, with a very rough sea, the Coastguard reported, at 7.49 A.M., that a ketch, which was found to be the Ethel Edith, of Faversham, carrying a crew of four and bound with maize from London to Great...
Ian Beavis Vice-President of Newport Branch Just Before Setting Off
Ian Beavis, vice-president of Newport branch, just before setting off for a sponsored swim from Egvpt Point, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to Lepe on the mainland. The twomile swim, during which Ian was escorted by his brother Donald in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A new life with the RNLI
Whether they’re facing the toughest conditions at sea or giving tireless hours to fundraise, RNLI volunteers show enormous dedication to saving lives at sea. We meet five people who left home in search of a new life – and found the...
Category: Articles
The Sale of Table Lamps Made By Mr a W Hawkes of Ipswich Has Now Passed the 300 Mark a Note About His Lamps Appears on This Page
The sale of table lamps made by Mr. A. W. Hawkes, of Ipswich, has now passed the 300 mark. A note about his lamps appears on this page.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Slick rescue
In the midst of an ecological disaster, St Mary’s and Penlee volunteers helped keep 35 people safe.
The crude oil supertanker Torrey Canyon left Kuwait on 19 February 1967 for Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. Her crew were...
Category: Articles
Silver Line
Coble escort FLAMBOROUGH COASTGUARD told the honorary secretary of Flamborough lifeboat station at 1030 on Friday January 16 that the fishing coble Silver Line was hauling her lines north of Flamborough Head in heavy snow with a heavy...