LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Raft
Newcastle, Co. Down. At 4.30 p.m.
on 30th June, 1965, three persons on a raft were reported by the coastguard to be drifting seaward off Tyrella beach.
There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
A faster lifeboat for London
The next generation of E class lifeboat can now be seen on the Thames. Hurley Burly is the first of three new E class lifeboats to be shared by Tower and Chiswick Lifeboat Stations. Two more are due to join our fleet in...
Category: Articles
A Ship
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—5th August, 1938. A ship had run ashore in foggy weather, but got clear without help.—• Rewards, £5 14s. Gd..
A Vessel
Fowey, Cornwall - At 10.5 a.m. on 9th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was submerged with about two foot of mast showing above the water, a quarter of a mile west of Polperro. The life-boat Cecil and...
Mrs a Hambleton
Mrs A. Hambleton, chairman of Macclesfield Branch from 1985 to 1988. A member of the branch for over 40 years, Miss Hambleton was honorary secretary in 1948 and 1949 and chairman in 1973 and 1974..
Category: Obituaries
A Punt
JULY 4TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. A punt with two people on board was missing, but came ashore without help. - Rewards, £11 14s..
A Boat
Torbay, Devon. — 16th February.
What had appeared to be a waterlogged boat was found to be two large crab pots floating. The life-boat was launched for a second time to search for a small boat, but was recalled, as the boat...
A Skiff
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th August, 1964, the bowman told the honorary secretary that a skiff was in a dangerous position in broken water near Hayle Bar. At 5.32 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh westerly breeze and...
A Small Sailing Boat (2)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—3rd October, 1938. A small sailing boat had been reported in distress between Warden Point and the Nore, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £9 17s..
A Yacht
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 30th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a fourteen-feet yacht, with a man and his wife on board, had capsized off Traeth Bychan. At 4.25 the life-boat Watkin Williams was...