LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Keolin
Margate, Kent.—At 6.33 on the morn- ing of the 4th of September, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that he had seen a sailing yacht in a dangerous position on Hook Sands. At 7.5 the life-boat North Foreland Civil Service ATo. 11 was...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.32 on the afternoon of the 31st of August, 1952, a message was received from a resident of Egremont that a sailing dinghy had been swamped by the wash from a liner, and that one man was in the water near the...
Gay Star, of Castletown
Margate, Kent - At 4.43 p.m. on 26th September, 1967, the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was in difficulties with a fouled propeller six miles north east of the North Foreland lighthouse. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service...
Little Orme
SAW RED FLARE Rhyl, Flintshire. At 4.20 p.m. on nth October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Little Orme had sighted a red flare near the river Clwyd. The sea was moderate with a heavy swell and...
Pudge
Margate, Kent. At 8.12 on the morn- ing of the 29th of July, 1960. the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a barge was flying the international code flag F, indicating she was disabled, four miles east-north-east of Margate...
Blackbird and a Canoe
Three calls A CANOE with two children aboard, overdue on passage from Colne Point to West Mersea, was reported to the deputy launching authority of West Mersea ILB station by Thames Coastguard at 2006 on Monday July 31,...
Empire Ford
JANUARY 11TH - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 4.42 in the morning the coastguard reported that signals of distress could be seen three miles east of the harbour and at 5.15 the motor lifeboat W.R.A. was launched. A moderate S.E. gale...
Balloon Races
FOUR branches have carried out balloon races with great success this year.
At St. Albans, where the race was being held for the third time, about a thousand balloons were sent off, of which eighty-five were...
Category: Articles
The President Names the New Southend Boat
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Southend-on-Sea life-boat on the 17th of May, 1955.
The new life-boat is a gift of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, the thirtieth which that fund...
Category: Inaugurations
(Above) Hastings Lifeboat Crew
Station celebrations - (above) Hastings lifeboat crew members break out the 175 flag. Shown left to right: Timmy White, Coxswain Charlie Sharrod, Martin Phillips, Mechanic James Turreff, Trevor Piper and Sloane... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs