LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Vessel
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 7.40 a.m. on 30th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a small fishing vessel had fired red flares from a position half a mile east of the harbour. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at...
Sea Gull, of Dublin
AUGUST 12TH. - WICKLOW. At four in the morning a yacht was reported to be dragging her anchor on to a lee shore, off the breakwater. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The life-boat crew assembled and when distress...
Taking to the Road: (Below Left) Dennis Oates Appeal Secretary of East Ham Branch Has Painted a Lifeboat Scene on His Dodge Van Which He Uses for All Branch Fun
Taking to the road: (Below, left) Dennis Oates, appeal secretary of East Ham branch, has painted a lifeboat scene on his Dodge van, which he uses for all branch functions. (Below, right) Jeffery Dyson, a signaller in Rhyl crew (r), with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
£17,000 from South Africa.
The Southern African Branch, which was formed at a meeting at the end of February, 1942, had within a year sent the Institution £9,000 out of the £11,000 which it aims to raise in order to provide a motor life-boat to be named...
Category: Articles
Mary Robinson
Blyth, Northumberland. At 2.30 p.m. on I3th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three cobles fishing off Coquets were in difficulty owing to a deterioration in weather conditions. The life-boat Winston...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Ocean Venture, Lead Us, and Wakeful
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 12.40 p.m.
on 5th January, 1967, news was received that three local fishing vessels were still at sea and the weather was deteriorating rapidly with very heavy seas breaking at the approach to the...
Empire Lundy, of Goole
JULY 19TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.50 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel fourteen miles north of Strumble Head needed help.
The motor life-boat White Star was launched at...
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Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 7.26 on the evening of the 16th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two bathers had been seen in difficulties off the Black Rocks. As there would not be enough water near the bathers to...
Do Whales Get the Bends?
Do Whales Get the Bends?
by Tony Rice
Review by Lucie Grisdale
Tony Rice is a former marine biologist who now spends his time lecturing about his experiences and knowledge of the ocean on...
Category: Articles
Visit of the Prince of Wales to Newquay, Cornwall
FOE the second time within two years Newquay has been fortunate enough to receive a Royal visit, and has thus been the means of illustrating the deep interest taken by our kingly Patron in the national service which it is the privilege of...
Category: Articles