LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pandora
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 5.50 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with engine failure was almost aground on Boiler Reef. The lifeboat City of Glasgow II proceeded at 6.7 in a h'ght...
Prosperity
ON THE SANDS Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 11.16 a.m. on yth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported a 6o-foot motor fishing vessel ashore on sands north of Rattray Head. At 11.33 ^ life-boat...
Yo-Ho-Ho!
Yo-ho-ho! Smugglers galore swarmed the countryside around Whimple and in hot pursuit was a determined band of excise men. The barrel-laden smugglers tiptoed their way over hill and down dale in a bid to reach the New Fountain Inn with their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nelson
DECEMBER 5TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.10 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Warden Point that a vessel two miles to the north-east was burning flares. A westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At 8.25 A.M. the...
A Valuable Source of Revenue
ONE cannot help being struck by the fact that some Station Branches find it comparatively easy to raise a substantial sum annually for the support of the Branch, while other places, with perhaps a much larger and wealthier population, are...
Category: Articles
Morning Star, of Carnarvon
On the 27th February, information was received here that a vessel was in distress in the bay. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time, and the sea was very rough.
The Sisters' Memorial life-boat was imme-...
Antje
NEW ROMNEY, KENT.- -A telephone message was received from the coastguard about midnight on the 23rd- 24th March stating that a vessel was making signals of distress off' Littlestone Point. The night was cold and wet, accompanied by a...
Euphemia Fullerton
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN. — A messenger having brought information at 1.30 P.M. on the 6th February that a vessel was ashore on the north end of the Long Kock, the crew of the Admiral HenryMeynell Life-boat at once assembled, and crowds of the...
Fishing Vessels
This Life-boat also performed important service on the 31st August. On that day a sudden gale from the N.N.W. was severely felt at all the northern stations. At day- light a considerable number of fishing craft were observed to be making for...
'Big Sister' Is World Leader
BY the end of the 1960s it was obvious that a larger lifeboat, which could operate at night was needed. After testing various rigid hull boats, the RNLI chose one pioneered by Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare at Atlantic College, South Wales. The...
Category: Articles