LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Mooring Vessel Airmoor II
Buckle, Banffshire.—At 12.55 in the afternoon of the 23rd of December, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore off Great Western Road, Buckpool, and the motor life- boat K.B.M. was launched at 1.20.
The...
The S.S. Slaney
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.50 early on the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the S.S.
Slaney, of Hull, was making for Yar- mouth Roads with a man suffering from...
The Launch Sarna
Donaghadee, Co. Down - At 6.35 p.m. on 4th June, 1967, it was reported that a small fishing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Ballywalter. The life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly slipped her moorings at 6.45 in a moderate north westerly breeze...
The New Quay, Cardiganshire, Life-Boat Returning With the Body of a Man on 16th August, 1967
The NewQuay, Cardiganshire, life-boat returning with the body of a man on 16th August, 1967.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Briardene and the S. S. Roine
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 2.8 early on the morning of the 20th of March, 1953, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Briardene, of Sunderland, had collided with the S. S. Roine, of Helsi...
The Late Richard Oakley
The Late Richard Oakley is pictured below with a model of the clans of lifeboat which hears liis name.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ben Tart of Dungeness
Ben Tart of Dungeness We are sad to report the death of Ben Tart, one of the most well-known lifeboat coxswains of the East coast, who gave some 50 years service to the RNLI.
Born in Dungeness in January 1915, Ben followed...
Category: Obituaries
The Icelandic Trawler Olafur Gisli and M.V. Gavina
Icelandic trawler AT 0430 ON MONDAY December 12, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station that MV Gavina of Fleetwood was trying to take in tow an Icelandic trawler, Olafur Gisli, west of Shell Wharf....
The Prince, With Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats In the Life-Boat, Outside Central Hall, Westminster
(The Fishguard crew drawn up in the foreground.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Government Sea Plane No. 79
At 8.25 P.M. on the 24th April a request was made that the motor Life-boat Albert Edward should be sent out to pick up the Government seaplane No. 79, and also a Government motor launch which had gone to her assistance, but had broken down....