LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
London Harmony
Penlee, Cornwall. At 1.20 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that the tanker London Harmony, due in Mount's Bay about 9 o'clock, wished to land a sick man. There was a gentle north-easterly breeze with a smooth sea...
The S.S. Afterglow
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 8th of August, 1951, the Spurn Point coastguard sent a message that the S.S. Afterglow, of London, had asked the life-boat to land a man with an injured eye. The Afterglow was due off the...
Silver Thistle
Penlee, Cornwall - At 10.40 p.m. on 17th May, 1969, news was received that a yacht had engine failure five miles east of Runnelstone buoy. At 10.50 the life-boat Thomas McGunn, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. It was low water...
Shannon prototype trials
Trials of the prototype of the Shannon class lifeboat are continuing – and RNLI crews and officials like what they see. RNLI Skegness tweeted: ‘When I say “we like it”, we really like it! Have never heard the word “phenomenal” used so...
Category: Articles
PARTNERS IN INNOVATION: RNLI AND HELLY HANSEN
Helly Hansen is working with the RNLI to defeat drowning
The sailing gear icon will deliver safety messages to its customers, raise money, and supply the very best kit to the RNLI’s lifesavers. The new kit, due to go on...
Category: Articles
Second Coxswain's Immense Courage'
SECOND Coxswain Charles I. Crockford, of the Tenby life-boat, has been awarded a framed letters of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the Institution.
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., for taking the...
Category: Services
A Fishing Boat
Stornoway, Island of Lewis. •—• 15th January, 1938. A fishing boat was overdue, but the two men on board, the 'life-boat coxswain and his son, unable to get back owing to trouble with their engine, had anchored their boat in a sheltered...
A Barge
MAY 13TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A barge had struck a wreck and sunk with a cargo of wheat. The weather was calm, and the life-boat attempted to salve her, but she was too badly damaged.- Rewards, £8 14s..
A Seaplane
DECEMBER 6TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A seaplane had been reported down in the sea, but was later reported to be safe. While searching for her, the lifeboat found a barrage balloon partly deflated, but in the heavy...
An Aeroplane (17)
FEBRUARY 19TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Whitley aeroplane had crashed in Abersoch Bay, but Royal Air Force speedboats rescued five of the crew and picked up two bodies. - Rewards £5 14s.