LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Eagle
The Motor Life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 3.20 P.M. on the 5th December, as a strong N.N.E. gale had sprung up, "bringing a rough sea, and it was known that the local motor fishing coble Eagle was at sea. The Life-boat found...
Peel, Isle of Man - Ireland Division
Peel's boathouse and slipway - tucked into the crook of the harbour between the breakwater and St Patrick's Isle in the main photo - were rebuilt in 1992 to house the station's carriage-launched Mersey. Because of the picturesque... - View image in PDF
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Only a trained eye can see a rip current
Steve Wills, Beach Safety Manager, comments: Only a trained eye can see a rip current (experienced surfers actually use them to get out past waves) and normally only from high up, such as a cliff top. As we mentioned in the last issue, it is... - View image in PDF
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Main Picture: the Griffon 450TD
Main picture: the Griffon 450TD hovercraft is put through her paces at Hunstanton as part of the coastal trials. - View image in PDF
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Showing Off the New Ib1 Inshore Lifeboat
Showing off the new IB1 inshore lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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Dunkit.
Lee shore FOLLOWING THE SIGHTING of a red flare in Dovercourt Bay by the BR sea freight liner. Thames Coastguard telephonedthe honorary secretary of Walton and Frinton lifeboat station and the deputy launching authority of Harwich lifeboat...
Joseph Houlihan Motor Mechanic of Valentia Lifeboat Was Awarded the Bronze Medal
Joseph Houlihan, motor mechanic of Valentia lifeboat, was awarded the bronze medal for the slnglehanded rescue of two men from a capsized dinghy in 1963.. - View image in PDF
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In the Summer Issue of the Journal It Was Reported That Blyth Lifeboat Rnlb Shoreline Accompanied Newcastle Circumnavigator David Scott Cowper's Yacht Ocean Bound In to Blyth for a Recepti
In the summer issue of the journal it was reported that Blyth lifeboat, RNLB Shoreline, accompanied Newcastle circumnavigator David Scott Cowper's yacht Ocean Bound in to Blyth for a reception at the Royal Northumberland Yacht... - View image in PDF
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Front Cover
Front cover Shoreham lifeboatman Ian Cosham brings a small child to dry land during the terrible floods in Uckfield. For the full story see pages 14 & 16.
Photo © Steve Edwards, Shoreham lifeboat launcher.View image in PDF
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The Motor Fishing Coble Helena
Whitby, Yorkshire. — During the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, a sudden storm sprang up and the local fishing fleet returned to har- bour, but the motor fishing coble Helena did not arrive, and about 3.45 the coastguard telephoned...