LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Boy's Own
DECEMBER 16TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched at 11.45 A.M. in a heavy S.S.E. gale, with a rough sea, to the help of the local motor fishing coble Boy's Own. She found her six...
Gretafield (1)
FEBRUARY 4TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 1.20 A.M. a message was received at Whitehills from the coastguard at Banff that flares had been reported about ten miles N.E....
Fishing Boats
Cromer, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 6th of February, 1950, after the local boats had left for the fishing grounds sixteen miles south-east of Cromer, there were indications of a north-easterly gale approaching. It was decided, therefore,...
Rescue of Man Cut Off By Tide
Letters of commendation signed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., have been sent to Mr. John Parsons of Luton and Master Michael Dunn of Highbridge for rescuing a man who was cut off by...
Category: Services
Working Together: Helicopters and Lifeboats
AT THE TIME of the London Boat Show last January a discussion was held on the shared task of lifesaving at sea by lifeboats and rotary wing aircraft. The helicopters of the Royal Navy were represented by Lt-Cdr Adrian Thomas, Commanding...
Category: Articles
Carolina
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—At daylight on the 6th December, the Norwegian barque CaroUna was seen at anchor abouttwo miles from the shore with spars hanging overboard. She showed signals, in response to which the Duncan Lifeboat, belonging to the...
Rosalie
At 9 A.M. on | the 14th November, during a moderate North-westerly gale and rough sea, the ashing-boat Rosalie, of Minehead, was observed in distress about two miles to the eastward of Minehead. The crew of the Life-boat George Leicester...
A Flying Boat
St. Marys, Scilly Isles.—13th Octo- * ber, 1939. The coastguard had re- ported a message from the R.A.F. that a flying boat had come down approx- imately fifty miles to the west of Scilly Isles, but shortly after the life-boat was launched...
It Had Never Been Done Before—Not Surprisingly—
/(had never been done before—not surprisingly—so this intrepid group set out to do it: (I to r) Ray Hea/ey, his wife Maureen, Remo Mele, Gillian Earles and George McLeod. The feat was to water ski the 50 miles between Lochinver and Stornoway... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (8)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 2.37 p.m. on 22nd March, 1966, a dinghy was reported in difficulties four miles north east of the station. The IRB was launched at 2.45 in a light westerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was...