LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lady Elizabeth
Margate, Kent.—At 4.50 on the after- noon of the 18th of May, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the police had reported that a dinghy had capsized and that two boys were in the water half a mile off Minnis Bay. At 5.1 the life-boat...
Galaxy
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 7.13 a.m. on 23rd April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an urgent appeal had been intercepted from the master of the motor vessel Galaxy (the wireless transmitting station "Radio...
Two Small Vessels, Whim and Saucy Lass
Again on the 14th November, two small vessels, the pilot cutter IVhim, and the lugger Saucy Lass, were seen to be at anchor on the weather side of the Holm Sand, in an extremely dangerous position, and with sig- nals of distress flying. A...
Amor, of Elsfletch
The Bradford life-boat also rescued the crew of 8 men of the brigantine Amor, of Elsfleth, which had stranded on the north- west spit of the Goodwin Sands .....
Submerged Tractors
This photograph shows the extent to which the Tractors for launching Life-boats have been made immune from water. The water can be plainly seen pouring through the engine of the Tractor In front.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat Named Ruby
On the morning of the 30th January the fishing fleet of about thirty boats went out of harbour between 5 and 7 o'clock. At that time the weather was fine and the sea was comparatively smooth. At about 9 o'clock the sea suddenly rose...
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Galway Bay. On the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the island medical officer asked for the help of the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson to take a sick woman from the Middle Island to the mainland for hospital treatment. No other...
Maria
NOKTH DEAL.—On the 17th September a strong gale blew from S.W., the sea was very heavy, the weather was thick and rain was falling. At about 2 P.M., a vessel was sighted on the south part of the N.W. Goodwin Sands, the crew of the Life-boat...
Adolph Hennecke
Longhope, Orkneys. At 2.46 on the morning of the 9th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a lightkeeper at Dunnet Head had seen a red flare in the direction of the Island of Swona. At 3.10 the life-boat Thomas...
An Aircraft,and Medea
At noon on 26th August, 1966, the Air Commandant, Guernsey Airport, told the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed off Alderney and asked if the life-boat could be sent to investigate.
Three aqua-lung divers, who...