LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Argentinian Warship Candida de Lasala
Despite injury FAIRLIGHT COASTGUARD informed the Hastings deputy launching authority at 1120 on December 23, 1974, that there had been an explosion on board the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala and medical help was needed. Maroons were...
Barrus
MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES RNLI for over 25 years to the INSHORE LIFEBOATS £ W As a result of an appeal to raise funds by the Lawnflite garden machinery division of E.P.BARRUS Ltd.
A new 'D...
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John Parry
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At noon on the 12th January intelligence was received that a vessel had hoisted signals of distress in Derbyhaven Bay. The Life-boat Thomas Black was taken on her carriage to Darbyhaven, where she was launched and...
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 144 station life-boats 102 inshore rescue boats 1 70-foot steel life-boat on operational trials 1 44-foot steel life-boat on evaluation trials at Barry Dock LIVES RESCUED 89,437 from the Institution's foundation in...
Category: Services
Flora, of Poole
The small surf Life-boat on this station, the Duff, went off on the 16th January, 1871, to the brig Flora, of Poole, which had parted her anchors and gone on the beach during a strong gale from the South. Proceeding through a heavy surf to...
The Speedboat Hot Banana
The speedboat Hot Banana lived up to her name on 6 July when a fire, believed to have started in the outboard engine, spread to the fuel tank and caused a major explosion.
The boat burst into flames at the entrance to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Selling Like Hot Cakes
Schoolgirl Robynne Stenner cooked up a novel way of helping the lifeboats. Ten-year-old Robynne, together with her family, helped the Midsomer and Radstock branch to man the stall at the Bath and West show in May.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: the House That Vic Built
Lifeboat stations around the coast are subject to immense wear and tear from the launch and recovery of lifeboats and exposure to the elements. If lifeboats are to remain operational their boathouses and slipways must, however, be kept in a...
Category: Articles
Puffin
TOW FOR DINGHY WITH FIVE YOUNG MEN ABOARD Swanage, Dorset. At 3.22 on the afternoon of the 20th August, 1962, the coastguard told the coxswain that a visitor had reported seeing a sailing dinghy dismasted about one mile northeast of Peveril...