LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (2)
JANUARY 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea at night, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 15s..
North East South East (From Page 91)
assistance whenever and wherever it is needed.' There followed two unusual presentations to Coxswain Len Patten.
The first was a spare pair of gleaming propellers from the Bitterne and Woolston Round Table and the...
Category: Inaugurations
Boy George
On the morning of the 30th October a message was received from Kinnaird Head that a small boat between Cairnbulg and Rattray appeared to be in difficulties.
A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and...
Eastern Princess
RECORD NUMBER LANDED Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
At 10.2 on Tuesday the 2nd of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the pleasure boat Eastern Princess, of Yarmouth, had run aground in...
Venture
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 17th of Septem- ber, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down two and a half miles south-south-west of Shoreham...
Happy Spring
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.5 on the evening of the 9th of October, 1959, a flare one mile north of Caister was seen.
Ten minutes later the life-boat Jose Neville was launched in a moderate swell. A moderate...
Vaila
JULY 14TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.
About one in the afternoon a yacht was seen drifting out to sea. It was uncertain if there was anyone on board. A moderate north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The No....
New Year Honours
Three RNLI lifesavers were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2012. Retired Newhaven Coxswain Ian Johns received an MBE for services to maritime safety. Ian was on the lifeboat crew for 37 years.
Arran Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Books
• In his latest book, Rescue by Sail and Oar (Tops'l Books, £2.50), Ray Kipling, the RNLFs public relations officer, has written an absorbing account of the long period during which lifeboats were driven by muscle and windpower...
Category: Articles
Scotia
At 10.20 A.M. on the llth May it was reported that a steamer was ashore on the rocks near Northcott Mouth. The sea was smooth, but the fog was very dense at the time.
The Life-boat Elizabeth Moore Garden was launched, and...