LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy
Appledore, Devon.—Just before noon on the 12th of June, 1950, the Northam Burrows coastguard reported a rubber dinghy drifting to sea with two men aboard. At 12.5 the life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched in a slight sea with an easterly...
Two Canoes
Eastney, Hampshire. At 4.15 p.m.
on 6th November, 1965, a fisherman told the honorary secretary that a wildfowler was waving for assistance on South Binness Island. After receiving confirmation of the report from the...
The S.S. Dumail
At } 10.15 P.M. on the 29th March a messenger reported that a vessel was j ashore on the North Cheek of Robin i Hood's Bay. The Life-boat Mary Ann LocJcwood was launched and proceeded to the stranded vessel, which...
The London Tanker Thattepus
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 3.30 in the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1949, the police telephoned a wireless message received that a man had been seriously injured on the London tanker Thattepus, lying three miles south-west of Light- ning...
Mary
Broken in two A MESSAGE from HM Coastguard was received by New Brighton lifeboat station at 1438 on Saturday July 11 to say that a motorboat, Mary, was in trouble off New Brighton bathing pool; she was taking in water.
The...
Eight Lloyds Bank Staff from Petersfield Branch Their Friends and Customers Together With An East Hampshire Post
Eight Lloyds Bank staff from Petersfield branch, their friends and customers together with an East Hampshire Post reporter made a sponsored parachute jump last April.
The adventurous group, who raised £750 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stop Press
Corrections The Spring 2007 centre-spread picture of the rescue team at Tenby included representatives of the local Police, Ambulance, Fire and Coastguard services, though these were omitted from the caption. Sincere apologies to all...
Category: Articles
Rescue (continued)
A FAMILY DAY OUT
HOLYHEAD | 7 JUNE
An experienced sailor and his 5-year-old grandson got driven aground in their 8m cruiser, after getting snagged in lobsterpot lines. They were spotted by nearby walkers, who quickly...
Category: Articles
A Boat (1)
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 8 p.m. on 18th September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flare had been sighted one and a half miles south of South Shields pier. The life-boat Tynesider was launched at 8.5 in a...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
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