LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marie
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 3.20 in the afternoon on the 20th of May, 1950, the coastguard telephoned to say that a small yacht was in distress in Pegwell Bay. The two men on board were waving an oar with a flag attached.
At 3.28...
Louis Marguerite and the S.S. Miervaldis
MARCH 17TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 2.45 P.M. the coastguard reported that the French steamer Louis Marguerite was in need of help ten miles S.W. of Penzance. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and thick fog....
Notes of the Quarter
TO MARK the Royal Wedding in July telegram of congratulations was sent to HRH The Prince of Wales on behalf of the RNLI by its chairman, the Duke of Atholl: 'The Committee of Management, lifeboat crews, voluntary workers and staff of the...
Category: Articles
Anchors
THE subject of Anchors is one of such vast importance to the Life-boat Service, and of so deep an interest to the whole sea-faring community, that it is felt that the able Paper, entitled "Anchors: Old Forms and Recent...
Category: Articles
Floralie
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
This Is Not the Start of the Tall Ships Race But the Excitement
This is not the start of the tall ships race but the excitement and competition felt at the start of the Pimlico Boat Race was comparable with it. Thirty-six 'boats' took part, each with a sponsored crew of four who raced their way... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Imogene & Harmony
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seas accompanied a whole S.W. gale on the 15th March, and soon after daylight signals were observed from two vessels in the roads. The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was immediately ordered out and...
Meduce
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1958, the St. Agnes coastguard informed the coxswain that a French fishing boat was anchored in the Cove with her engine broken down. A later message was passed...
Vermont, of Halifax
On the 20th October, the barque Vermont, of Halifax, parted from her anchors and van ashore, in a heavy gale from W.N.W., on Burnett's wharf shoal, near Fleetwood. The Institution's life-boat, stationed at that place, was immediately...
Charles
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT WHITBY FEBRUARY 3RD. - WHITBY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At nine o’clock at night the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station at Whitby that a vessel was ashore near Saltwick. The tide was...