LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Star of Peace and Mary Ann
WHITBY.—Two fishing-cobles belonging to this port, the Star of Peace and the Mary Ann, were observed to be making for the harbour on the evening of the 27th July. On account of the heavy sea and the ebb tide running out it was seen that...
The S.S. Rota
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At11.10 in the early morning of the 16th of May, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that signal lights had been seen about seven miles north-west of Kinnaird Head, and the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was...
What a race! Holidaymakers joined local well wishers on the harbour bridge to cheer two rafts in a race
What a race! Holidaymakers joined local well wishers on the harbour bridge to cheer two rafts in a race which took them the length of Lake Lathing, around the derelict trawler Yellowtail and back to the starting point at the bridge. Teams... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crews Pull Their Weight Lymington Ilb Crew Set Off for Their Row Round the Isle of Wight: Bow to Stern Malcolm Smith Alan Coster Richard Gray Roger Nanmck and And
Crews pull their weight. . . Lyininglon ILB crew set off for their row round the hie of Wight: Bow to stern, Malcolm Smith, Alan Coster, Richard Gray, Roger Nanmck and Andrew Keen.
Photograph by courtesy of Simon... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Dowsing Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire - At 11.52 a.m.
on 28th April, 1967, it was learned that the master of the Dowsing lightvessel hadbeen injured in a fall and that medical assistance was required. With a doctor aboard, the life-boat City...
The Naval Salvage Vessel Salvage King
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...
The Fishing Research Motor Vessel William Herdman
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.
—About 4.30 in the afternoon, on the 6th of September, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned the Port Erin life-boat station that the fishing re- search motor vessel William...
(Right) the RNLI's President, Hrh the Duke of Kent, Talks With Ramsgate Honorary Secretary Captain Tully Before Leaving on a Short Trip After the Ceremony
(Right) The RNLI's President, HRH The Duke of Kent, talks with Ramsgate honorary secretary Captain Tully before leaving on a short trip after the ceremony photos Barry J. Crayford. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sir William's Name Lives on In the Shape of the Latest Douglas Lifeboat, the 1988-Built Tyne Class Sir William Hillary
Sir William's name lives on in the shape of the latest Douglas lifeboat, the 1988-built Tyne class Sir William Hillary. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Ways of Raising Money
Carol singers were out in force before Christmas. In the London area, members of the Mermaid Committee raised £40.41, and Frances Brace with a group of her friends from Forms 5 and 6 of Godolphin and Latymer School collected £93.46...
Category: Donations