LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mare
Sub-zero escort THE 445-TON CARGO VESSEL Mare, of Honduras, on route from Rotterdam to Dundalk with a cargo of iron ore, ran into difficulties on the night of January 12, 1987 when her load shifted and she developed a 20 to 30 degree list,...
Some Fishing Crafts
On the 1st March, during a N.E. gale ac- ! companied by a heavy ground sea, in- ; formation was received that some of the fishing craft were in distress off' the j Head. The Life-boat at the No. 1 j station ...
Rocks and Shoals
Four very experienced coxswains were in London last May to be awarded medals for bravery. For all of them, Michael Berry of Jersey, Michael Scales of Guernsey, Michael Grant of Selsey and Thomas Cocking of St Ives, it was at least their...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat People
We are happy to announce that the following lifeboat people were awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee medals: Major General Ralph H. Farrant, CB, Chairman, RNLI, L. A. Austin, chief personnel officer, RNLI, A. W. Neal, deputy secretary...
Category: Articles
A Book on the Cornish Life-Boats
THE seaboard of Cornwall can present two faces—the milder one—that usually seen by the summer visitor—is a pleasant one of sun-baked sands, regular lines of surf delightful for bathing, quaint houses and harbours, and granite rocks arranged...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat
In the nick of time...
A small fishing boat had a narrow squeak on 11 August when she got into difficulties, driving her perilously close to rocks off Buckie. Scotland.
Luckily, when they received the call...
John Buckland
John Bitckland, an assistant mechanic from Eastbourne station, has raised £485 towards the cost of Eastbourne's new lifeboat by means of a sponsored walk. John, seen here with Coxswain Joe Martin of Hastings (r.) walked from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Liverpool Annual Meeting
Front Row, left to right: Sir Godfrey Baring,, Bt. (Chairman of the Committee of Management), The Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Miss Margaret Bsvan), Mr. Charles Livingstone (Chairman, Liverpool Committee).
Back Row: Mr. B. J.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Rees
During a whole N.N.W. gale with terrific squalls signals of distress were seen from a vessel at anchor in Torbay. The crew were summoned at once and the Life- boat Betsey Newbon launched. Owing to the gale blowing right on shore some...
Floralie (2)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...