LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Getting Pushy
Members of Bilton Cricket Club, Harrogate (left), completed a 65 mile bed push from their clubhouse to Filey lifeboat station during September.
Teams of six took turns to push and with an overnight stop half way they... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Malcolm Macdonald
After spending his early working years at sea as a deck apprentice Malcolm Macdonald came home to Stornoway in 1967 when he was appointed mechanic of the lifeboat. In 1979 he took over as coxswain/mechanic, a post which had earlier been held... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Five New Life-Boats Named
FIVE life-boats at stations as far apart as Sunderland and Shoreham Harbour were named during the last quarter. On the 4th of July at Sunderland a life-boat provided out of a legacy left by Miss Emily Myers was named. Mr. R. Cyril Thompson,...
Category: Inaugurations
A Barge (1)
Youghal, Co. Cork. At 6.15 on the evening of the 16th of November, 1960, the motor mechanic was told that a boat being used in the construction of the new bridge at Youghal was in difficulty and drifting seawards. The weather was cloudy,...
A Gallant Service of the Cromer Life-Boat
To the Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL.
SIR,—As I was an eye-witness of them, I think it may be of interest to you to have a narrative from myself of the events which led up to what I have no hesitation in calling one of the...
Category: Correspondence
Tom Cringle, of Thurso
On the 28th December the schooner Tom Cringle, of Thurso, N.B., went on shore on the Bondicar rocks, near Hauxley. The wind was blowing strong from the S., and a high sea running. Signals of distress having been seen from the shore, the...
Her Last Launch
The old Blackpool pulling and sailing life-boat putting out.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Joy of Diving
Those in the know describe scuba diving as entering an awe-inspiring and beautiful 'other' world. Unfortunately that experience can all too quickly change to nightmare.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Cruiser
Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the evening of the 5th of February, 1961, the honor- ary secretary was told by the police that calls for help had been heard coming from the direction of Holes Bay. When the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched...