LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
La Morlaye
Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going aground just...
Mrs. Fairrie, President of the Hoylake Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
BY the death on 12th April last of Mrs.
A. J. Fairrie, President of the Hoylake Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in her eightyninth year, the Institution has lost the oldest of its many lady workers. For over thirty ysars she...
Category: Obituaries
Greek Ship Aground In Hurricane
AT 9.25 on 25th October, 1967, Valentia radio informed the assistant honorary secretary of the Galway Bay life-boat station that the Greek motor vessel Razani was aground three quarters of a mile east south east of Black Head, Galway Bay....
Category: Services
Rescue from Steamer Aground on Rocks
At 10.17 on the morning of the llth of March, 1959, the honorary secretary of the Blyth, Northumberland, station, Captain H. Rowe, learnt from the coastguard that a vessel was in difficulties a hundred yards east of Blyth east pier...
Category: Services
Anniversary of Grace Darling's Rescue
The 1th September, 1963, was the 25th anniversary of the famous rescue by Grace Darling and her father of survivors from the Forfarshire. The following article, which has been specially written for the Life-boat by Commander W....
Category: Articles
Accept No Substitute
Radios, helicopters, MRCCs - they have all altered the face of modern Search and Rescue.
But there are things for which the lifeboat is still best, as two friends of yachting writer and television broadcaster Malcolm McKeag...
Category: Articles
Stalwart Volunteers from Downend, Kmgswood
Stalwart volunteers from Downend, Kmgswood and district branch give a smile for the camera while selling souvenirs at Bristol harbour regatta in August- Volunteers from South Bristol, Tetbury and Nailsea branches also put in hard work during... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douglas Lifeboat the 46Ft 9In Watson R a Colby Cubbin No 1 Launches on Exercise Photograph By Courtesy of the 'Isle of Man Examiner'
Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1, launches on exercise. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Isle of Man Examiner'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fowey: the Champagne Bottle Breaks As Mr Paul Chilcott Names the 33Ft Brede Class Lifeboat Rnlb Leonore Chilcott Photograph By Courtesy of Harry and Billy Graeme
Fowey: The champagne bottle breaks as Mr Paul Chilcott names the 33ft Brede class lifeboat RNLB Leonore Chilcott. photograph by courtesy of Harry and Billy Graeme. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flight Crews Back-Up Teams and Equipment on Display at Culdrose Including a Wessex (I) and Sea King (R) Photograph By Courtesy of Rnas Culdrose
Flight crews, back-up teams and equipment on display at Culdrose, including a Wessex (I) and Sea King (r). photograph by courtesy of RNAS Culdrose. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs