LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joe Duffield
September, 1984 Joe Duffield, honorary secretary of Largs station branch since 1975, after serving as deputy launching authority from 1972 to 1975..
Category: Obituaries
William Henry of Belfast
On the 30th Novem- ber, the schooner William Henry, of Belfast, was totally wrecked on St. Mary's Isle, near Kirkcudbright, during a gale from S.S.E.
The Helen Lees life-boat put off and suc- ceeded in saving the...
Every second counts
Two lifeguards raced to reach a kitesurfer as he was dragged under water towards rocks. Somehow they had to slow him down
On the afternoon of Tuesday 7 June, RNLI lifeguards watched a...
Category: Articles
"Stand By Vessel."
Anchor Chanty.
BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CRAUFURD, R.N., honorary secretary of the Dungeness life-boat station.
" She therefore stood by the vessel until dawn."—Honorary Secretary's...
Category: Songs
February (1)
LYBSTER, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. At 10 o’clock in the morning of the 4th of December, 1945, three men in the motor fishing boat Seaflower, of Wick, had completed hauling their lobster creels, when their boat shipped a sea which stopped the engine....
Category: Services
Rescue
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
Category: Articles
Sovereign, Tagus and a Norwegian Schooner
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—Signals of distress were shown by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel at about 12.45 A.M. on the 17th February, during a moderate gale from the S.E., with a heavy sea on the bar. The Life-boat Mark Lane was manned, towed out of...
Services of Life-Boats
BRIDLINGTON. — On the 22nd of March last, at 3 A.M., the wind blowing strong from E.N.E. at the time,' and a heavy sea running, signals of distress were observed from Bridlington Quay on board the schooner Albion, which had on the...
Category: Services
Shoreline
Renault 5 Shoreline drive We are pleased to announce that the Shoreline competition for a Renault 5 TL has been won by Mr A. G. Kahn of Runwell in Essex. His new Shoreline recruit, Mr M. J. Rich of Worlebury, near Weston-Super-Mare wins the...
Category: Articles
Two Fishing Cobles
On the 6th February, two fishing-cobles, which had put to sea from this place to pursue their ordinary avocations, were overtaken by a heavy gale, and ran back to the Haven, but were unable to enter, on ac- count of the heavy seas which...