LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Left) Flag Day Supplies: There Is a Constant Flow of Collecting Boxes Flags and Publicity Material to and from Branches and Guilds In the South South West and Midlands
(Left) Flag day supplies: there is a constant flow of collecting boxes, flags and publicity material to and from branches and guilds in the south, south west and midlands.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue relay
When the crew of a stricken cargo boat found themselves being pushed towards Cape Wrath, two lifeboat crews were called into the gale for a 13-hour rescue relay
It was around 8pm on 7 December...
Category: Articles
A Boat
.— At 10.40 A.M. on the 4th April it was reported that a boat was being blown out to sea with one man in her. It appeared that he had put off from Amlwch, and when about a mile out his mast was carried away, and having only one oar he was...
A Boat
The Life-boat Caroline Richardson was launched at 12.8 P.M. on the 14th September in response to a message from Prestatyn stating that a bathing-van attendant was drifting out to sea in an open boat, without oars, towards Rhyl. Immedi- ately...
A Boat
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 10.5 on the night of the 4th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with three people on board was drifting off Pen Anglas. The life-boat Howard Marryat was launched at 10...
Your Letters
Buckle offers Following publication of my letter in THE LIFEBOAT of Autumn 1991 which explained I was seeking an RNLI buckle for a leather belt like the one my father used to own, I have been lucky and had a belt and buckle sent to me, as...
Category: Correspondence
Exeter
"About time, Private Medical Insurance that won't increase our premiums simply because we get older" When it comes to medical insurance, Exeter Friendly Society never penalise you with higher premiums simply because you get...
Category: Advertisement
Skerryvore
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 6.30 on the morning of the 3rd of August, 1960, information was received that a yacht was aground in Machrihanish Bay. The life-boat City of Glasgow 11 put out in a fresh-to-strong north-north-westerly breeze...
A Canoe (2)
AUG. 18TH. - HYTHE, KENT. It had been reported that a canoe was being carried away by the wind and tide, but the life-boat could find nothing, and it was learnt later that the canoe had come safely ashore.- Rewards, £23 16s.
Wing
Rescue a dramatic struggle becomesCold, tired and wet, the lone skipper of the yacht Wing had been without sleep for nearly two days when his yacht ran aground on the Long Sands, south of Skegness, on the morning of 5 May 2002. As rough seas...