LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cornel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and Minehead, Somerset.—At 7.40 on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1955, the Tenby coastguard rang up the Tenby life-boat station to say that the motor vessel Cornel, of Cardiff, bound for Bristol with a cargo of...
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
Medex 87
A NAVY Bomb Disposal team tackles still active wartime relic, caught in the nets of a fishing vessel.
A party of 10 anglers, adrift in their disabled boat, float into the danger area just as the wartime explosive...
Category: Articles
Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
THE Secretary of the Institution proposes, if possible, to compile its history ; for publication in 1924, and he will be ' most grateful to all Honorary Secretaries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may be...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (25)
JULY 26TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 l6s..
A Vessel (16)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. A vessel had been reported in distress, but no trace of her could be found.
- Rewards, £14 7s. 6d..
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 143 station life-boats 101 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 90,321 from the Institution's foundation in...
Category: Services
Service to Yacht Aground Off Weymouth Pier
Mr. Donald Laker, a member of the Weymouth life-boat crew who went overboard to swim to a yacht with a line, has been awarded the bronze medal for gallantry. The thanks of the Institution on vellum have been accorded collectively to the...
Category: Services
Achilles
Three saved from disabled fishing vessel in gale and severe seasLerwick lifeboat left her moorings at 0500 on Friday 4 November 1994, a little over ten minutes after first hearing from Shetland coastguard that the fishing vessel Achilles had...
Maria
The schooner Maria, of Fowey, whilst bound from Charlestown to Ghent, with a cargo of china clay, attempted to put into New- haven Harbour on the 12th February.
A strong southerly gale was blowing with a heavy sea, and the...