LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dawn Star
Padstow, Cornwall.—About 7.30 on the morning of the 6th of November, 1954, the Trevose Head coastguard tele- phoned that the Newquay police had reported a boat on fire in Watergate Bay. The No. 1 life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadmck put out in a...
E286
HELICOPTER RESCUES TWO FROM DINGHY Minehead, and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.30 on the morning of the 26th August, 1962, the police at Minehead reported that a dinghy, with a crew of two, was in difficulties off Dunster beach, and at...
A Yacht
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized on the south side of the boom defence. At 4.20 the life-boat Greater London, II...
A Gift of Bass
Two anglers fishing for four days in the Solent, caught 550 bass, weighing about 10 cwts. They sold one day's catch for the benefit of the Life-boat Service..
Category: Donations
Zephyr
WINTERTON. — The ketch Zephyr, of Boston, laden with logwood from London for Goole, was sighted, with foremast broken, while a strong E.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, on the 17th April. The No. 2 Life-boat Margaret was launched...
The Sailing Boat Dorothy
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd of September, 1951, the sailing boat Dorothy was seen to cap- size one and a half miles off Cric- cieth. She belonged to the Morfa Bychan Public Schools Camp...
Margaret
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of January, 1958, the honorary secretary was informed that the local motor fishing vessel Margaret had left the harbour at four o'clock to attend her lines and was...
Cavabien
Atlantic saves five from speedboat capsized in heavy surf Helmsman Brian Gould of the Cullercoats lifeboat has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for saving five people from their capsized speedboat on 8 April 1995.Crew...
Rnli Cook Books Signed By Recipe Contributors Well Known In the World of Sport Went Like Hot Cakes Offshore Yachtsman the Rt Hon Edward Heath Mp Supported By S
RNLI Cook Books, signed by recipe contributors well known in the world of sport, went like hot cakes. Offshore yachtsman the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, MP, supported by Sergeant Frank Elverson, did a roaring trade.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jens S.
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.42 a.m. on 3ist July, 1967, it was learnt that a vessel had fired red flares two and a hah0 miles south east of the Scarweather lightvessel. At 3 o'clock the lifeboat William Gammon - Manchester and...