LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Open Sailing Boat Chance
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 5.12 P.M. on the 4th August, 1938, the coastguard reported that a small open sailing boat, about a mile and a half from the lookout, was making very heavy weather.
The crew were bailing and she...
Garry Windehunk—You Can Only See His Legs—Is Not Only Supporting a World Record Number of 76 Lyres Tit a Garage In Ramsey His Weightlifting Feat Is Also Supporting the Mountbatten of Burma Li
Garry Windehunk—you can only see his legs—is not only supporting a world record number of 76 lyres tit a garage in Ramsey, his weightlifting feat is also supporting the Mountbatten of Burma lifeboat appeal to the tune of £500 in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Francoise Delille and the U.S. Motor Vessel American Builder
Holyhead, Anglesey and Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. At 6 a.m. on 20th December, 1963, the coastguard informed the Porthdinllaen honorary secretary thata French fishingvesselwas leaking badly thirty miles west of Bardsey...
An Aeroplane (94)
AUGUST 19TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A German aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the men in it had managed to climb on board the near-by wreck of the steamer Harcola, but they were picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £7...
Two Brave Deeds
Awards at Herne Bay and The Gugh, Isles of Scilly.
THE Institution has made special awards for two acts of individual gallantry in saving life at sea. one by Mr. Frank Holness, of Herne Bav, the other by Mrs. G. B. Bond,...
Category: Awards
The Motor Dinghy Good Intent
Padstow, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 16th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy lying betweenPentire Head and the Meols had fired a red flare. At 8.20, one hour before high water,...
The Enterprise II, Galilee, Faith Star, Success II, Lead Us and Pilot Me II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.15 on the morning of the 3rd of January, 1953, local fishermen reported that the motor fishing coble Enterprise II, of Whitby, was at sea in deteriorating weather, and at 9.30 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
Above and Below Left: Sea Check Coordinator Mike Dymond
Above and below left: SEA Check Coordinator Mike Dymond makes a thorough equipment check aboard Orkney Day ng/erSamaki II.
N-B- Steve Mills, the owner of the boat, was so impressed with the scheme he has since become a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Fishing Coble Florence
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the after- noon of the 7th December, 1961, con- ditions deteriorated considerably at the harbour entrance. The motor fishing coble Florence had approached the har- bour twice and both times had to putto sea again....
(Below) Mayor of Lambeth Councillor Hugh Chambers Presents a Cheque for £2235 to Michael Ashley
(Below) Mayor of Lambeth, Councillor Hugh Chambers, presents a cheque for £2,235 to Michael Ashley, RO (South London), while the Mayoress looks on. This impressive sum was raised by junior school children throughout the Borough of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs