LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hartlepool's 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat the Scout Launched
Hartlepool's 44ft Waveney lifeboat The Scout launched on December 4, 1983, under the command of Coxswain Robert Maiden to go to the help of a fishing boat Sea Spell whose engine was giving trouble. There was a fresh to strong breeze... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Spell , Lucky Strike and Sea Cobra
Hartlepool's 44ft Waveney lifeboat The Scout launched on December 4, 1983, under the command of Coxswain Robert Maiden to go to the help of a fishing boat Sea Spell whose engine was giving trouble. There was a fresh to strong breeze...
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...
Fitz's Flyer
Four rescued HEARING, soon after 1300 on Sunday December 14, 1980, that a yacht firing red flares had been reported off Eastoke Head, Hayling Island, Crew Member Frank Dunster together with Trevor Pearce, a shore helper and first aider, and...
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
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...