LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Submarine Tijgerhaai
Weymouth, Dorset.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 19th of October, 1955, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the submarine Tijger- haai, of the Royal Netherlands Navy, had grounded in Weymouth Bay.
Half an...
The Life-Boat Service In France
LA SOCIETK CENTRALE DE SAUVETAGE DBS NAUFRAGES, which has its head- quarters in Paris, was established in 1865, and has done excellent work in life-saving, having been the means of rescuing, up to the 1st March last, 13,915 lives from a...
Category: Articles
Langdon Battery Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre
Langdon Battery Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Straits of Dover: in the operation room continuous watch is kept on the VHF distress and calling frequency, channel 16.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Betty Foster,
FEBRUARY 1993 Mrs Betty Foster, chairman of Driffield ladies' guild since 1983. She served as secretary for 16 years from 1967 and was awarded a Gold badge in 1991..
Category: Obituaries
Tony's Club Talk
.Intrepid yachtsman and survivor Tony Bullimore, travelled up the country on 14 April to talk to members of the Ribble Cruising Club at Lytham and donated all admission fees to Lytham lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Caught in a trap
An off-duty RNLI lifeguard was in the right place at the right time when two surfers were trapped in a perilous position on St Ouen’s Beach, Jersey
Ed Stevens was leaving the car park at St...
Category: Articles
A Steam Drifter
Eyemouth, Berwickshire —4th February.
A steam drifter had run ashore, but her crew were brought ashore by the Board of Trade life-saving rocket apparatus.—Rewards, £16 12s. 6d..
A Canoe
Walmer, Kent.—27th March, 1938.
A canoe with two men on board had capsized, but one man had got ashore, while the other was drowned before help could reach him.—Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..
A British Aeroplane
APRIL 4TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
A British aeroplane had been reported down, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £14 12s. 6d.
(See Ardfern, “ Services by Auxiliary Rescue-boats,” page 68.).
An Aeroplane (33)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea. but the airman’s body was picked up by a fishing boat. - Rewards. £5 12s. 6d.
(See Margate, “’ Services by Shore-boats,” page...