LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Punta
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone aground on a reef near the Seven Stones lightship. At 7.10 the life-boat Cunard was...
A Fishing Vessel
Man unconscious A STRONG south-westerly breeze, force 6, was blowing on the afternoon of Wednesday July 17, 1985, when New Quay's (Dyfed) 37ft Oakley class lifeboat, Birds Eye, launched after the coastguard had reported a fishing vessel...
Boxing Clever
During the filming of the BBC television drama series 'Lifeboat', due to be shown this Spring, members of Penarth ladies' guild were asked to man fundraising stalls and act as extras.
The ladies make their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left, Lower) a Clutch of Waveneys
(Left, top) Liam checks the cover on one of the first Atlantics to come up for sale. (Left, lower) A clutch of Waveneys at the Depot quay. The outer boat.
44-0 / 7, was due to leave Tilbury for New Zealand in March where... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Irb Launches on Service During the Months June, July and August, 1971
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aberdovey, Merionethshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Amble, Northumberland Arran (Lamlash), Buteshire Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down Barmouth, Merionethshire Barrow,...
Category: Services
Above: Attaching the Inflatable Tubes
Above: Attaching the inflatable tubes to the Atlantic 21 hull. Surprisingly perhaps, the service life of tubes tends to be greater than that of the hull. Below: The Atlantic 21 in action - Southend-on-Sea's Percy Garon II. Photo A.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Immediate help A REQUEST FROM HM COASTGUARD to evacuate a severely scalded baby from Hayling Island was received at Eastney ILB boathouse at 1740 on Sunday, June 27. The duty crew immediately launched the Atlantic 21 Guide Friendship II and...
Welsh Lady II and Sara Terrapin
SPEEDBOAT CAPSIZED At 2.45 p.m. on 6th June, 1964, the lifeboat's mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a vessel, whose position was one mile offshore from the station, had fired two smoke flares. The vessel Welsh Lady II had a...
Lifeboat People
It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: January Horace Eric Pengilly, coxswain of Sennen Cove lifeboat from 1967 to 1968 and then coxswain/mechanic until 1978. He had served as second coxswain from 1963 to 1967 and...
Category: Articles
Reminiscences of the Coast and Depot
AFTER twenty-seven years with the Institution it is brought home to me more than ever that the great majority of the people of these islands have a dash of the salt of the sea in their veins. For twelve years, as an in- spector on the coast,...
Category: Articles