LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Seaford
Margate, Kent. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 3rd of January, 1959, the watchman of the local pilot cutter informed the honorary secretary that a radio message had been received from the s.s. Seaford of London, asking for a doctor, as the...
Cover Picture
The cover picture by Richard and Sally Greenhill is of Coxswain William Sheader, aged 49, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, who joined the local life-boat in 1945. He was bowman from December, 1951, to December, 1954, when he became second coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Skin Divers' Boat
SKIN DIVERS SAVED RED flares fired from a skin divers' boat about two miles off Selsey Bill on 28th March led to the Selsey life-boat being launched. A helicopter \vas also called.
The life-boat Charles Henry was...
Chairman's Message
You receive THE LIFE-BOAT regularly because of your close personal association with the life-boat service. May I now ask t for your help or, should I say, further help? If every reader at this time of year were to find five new 3...
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The Danish Vessel Irene Frijs
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.45 a.m.
on 3rd November, 1965, the harbourmaster was informed that the Danish vessel Irene Frijs of Copenhagen was arriving in Wick Bay to land two injured seamen. The vessel unfortunately...
A Boat
Anglers all at sea Three anglers in an ill-equipped 12ft open boat had a lucky escape at Penarth on 28 February 1989 when their anchor started dragging in a Force 7 wind and 8ft to 13ft seas and their outboard engine failed to...
Vivienne Whiteright (Left In Picture) Is a Primary School Teacher Mandy Clarke (Centre) Is a Sales Consultant and Phillipn Lewis (Right) Is a Potter
In complete contrast to the usual image of the be whiskered sea-dog lifeboat man Little and Broad Haven's D class inflatable now has three young ladies in their twenties as part of the crew.
AH three joined the crew of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
'A fantastic legacy'
A new building, 150 years of lifesaving and the naming of a lifeboat: all historic milestones celebrated at Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station, Gwynedd, in the Autumn.
BBC Broadcaster David Dimbleby was guest of honour at the...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division Cargo vessel sinks HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2357 on Tuesday February 13 that the Panamanian motor vessel Revi was in distress 30 miles north east of...
Category: Services
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ARDROSSAN, N.B.—This life-boat establishment, which was one organised-some years since by a local society, has been taken into connection with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION through the kind co-operation of G. B. M. BEATSON, Esq., late...
Category: Articles