LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Solstad
Broughty Ferry, Angus, and Aberdeen.
—10th October, 1939. The Swedish vessel Solstad, of Karlstad, had been reported in distress with her steering gear disabled, about fifteen miles S.E.
of Montrose, and...
The S.S. Lake Michigan (1)
DUNGENESS, KENT, AND WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX.—At 3.30 A.M. on the 19th February, the s.s. Lake Michigan, of Liverpool, collided with a sailing vessel about two miles S.W. of Dungeness.
The steamer, a very large one of 9240 tons...
A Pinnace
LERWICK'S 27 HOURS' SEARCH.
Lerwick, and Aith, Shetlands.—4th October, 1939. In the morning a Royal Air Force aeroplane came down on the sea about twenty-five miles N.E.
of the N.E. corner of...
A Ship
BALLYW ALTER, Go. DOWN.—On the 11tb.
March, at midnight, signals of distress were shown from a ship ashore on the Long Bock opposite Ballywalter, and in response thereto the Life-boat Admiral Henry Meynett was promptly...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
LLANDDWYN, ANGLESEA, AND LLAN- DDULAS, DENBIGHSHIRE.—One of the new self-righting Life-boats, with the water- ballast fittings, has been placed at Llan- ddwyn by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, in the place of a smaller Boat...
Category: Articles
Captain George Flett
NOVEMBER 1988: Captain George Flett, coxswain of Aberdeen lifeboat from I949to I960 when he resigned due to ill health. He was second coxswain from 1937 to 1943 and was awarded a bronze medal in 1937..
Category: Obituaries
Hunstanton's Atlantic 21Class Lifeboat Spirit of America
Hunstanton's Atlantic 21class lifeboat Spirit of America is capable of some 29 knots. Helmsman Alan Clarke said of her: 'Speed is one of her greatest assets and can be paramount in saving life - but she can only be driven as hard as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Gold and Two Bronze!
A Gold and two Bronze! The press photocall for the 1999 Presentation was held the day before at Chelsea Flower Show, where the Gateshead Council/RNLI stand had just been awarded a Gold Medal. Bronze Medallists Dan O'Dwyer Heft) and Tom... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat (4)
4th Sep- tember. A small boat was drifting, but made safety unaided.—Rewards, £11 16*..
A Surfboard
Lone surfer saved in_near gale Eastbourne's D class inflatable saved the life of a surfer on 21 June 1997 in conditions which swamped the lifeboat when launching, threw a crew member overboard and needed the all-weather lifeboat to...