LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (1)
Worthing, Sussex. At i.io p.m. on 2gth May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized three miles east of the station.
At 1.15 the inshore rescue boat launched in a strong...
Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club
Surrounded by fellow members, Tom Pearson, Commodore o/Mid Warwickshire Yacht Club, hands a cheque to Colin Nibbs, chairman of Leamington Spa branch, on his left. Miss Julia Johnstone, branch honorary secretary, holds a specially inscribed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A R.A.F. Aeroplane (2)
OC T . 2 3 RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
The life-boat station was informed that a R.A.F. aeroplane had failed to report and had last been seen thirty miles east of Wick. The motor life-boat was launched at 3.20 P.M. Two...
A Yacht (1)
AUGUST 11TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A yacht had been reported capsized, several miles north-east of Great Orme’s Head, but nothing was found.
It seemed probable that this was the boat which capsized...
A Steamer (8)
JANUARY 30TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A steamer had been bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft, five miles from Muckle Skerry, and one of the ship’s boats with sixteen men on board had been seen off Grimness, South Ronaldshay. The...
A Steamer (13)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - BRIDLINGTON, AND FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. It had been reported that a steamer had been attacked by German aircraft some seventeen miles S.E. of Flamborough Head, but nothing could be found A floating mine passed within a few...
Colleagues from the Sky By Georgette Purches
Following a recent visit to the West Country, Georgette Purches, assistant public relations officer for the RNLI, explains the organisation behind the RAF and Royal Navy helicopter rescue services. She was also in the right place at the...
Category: Articles
Henry
BURNHAM.—On the 28th November, the daiidy Henry, of Bridgwater, was seen at anchor off the Gore Sands, with a flag of distress flying. The Burnham Life-boat was launched, and on reaching her, it was found that her sails had been blown away,...
Wellington
HOLYHEAD.—On the 28th March, at about 10 P.M., the Life-boat Thomas Fielden went off in reply to signals and found the schooner Wellington, of Carnarvon, in distress near the Breakwater. She had just been run into by another vessel, her...
A Fishing Boat
On the 6th January two members of the Life- boat's crew were out fishing in one of the small boats belonging to Skegness, when a north-westerly gale sprang up, and shortly after three o'clock in the after- noon their mast carried...