LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rowing Boat
Two visitors put out from St. Mary's at noon on the 27th August to row between the islands.
They did not return, and at 8.55 P.M.
the coastguard telephoned that they had left Bryher about 7.30 P.M.,...
Gundine (1)
LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
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Boys stranded at base of cliffWhen reports came through of two people trapped by the tide south of Tynemouth Harbour, Mechanic Kevin Mole knew a quick launch was vital Kevin Mole was at Tynemouth station when he heard that two boys were...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ARDROSSAN, N.B.—The NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION has provided a new Life-boat for this place, the crew having lost confidence in the old boat, consequent on her having upset when in tow. The new one is 34 feet long, 8£ feet wide, and...
Category: Articles
Crew of the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat In the 1950S.
When some of these award winners joined the RNLI, crews wore oilskins, sou'westers and kapok lifejackets, like those worn by the crew of the Porthdinllaen lifeboat in the 1950s. The Waveney class lifeboat Ipp22~23) was yet to be... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Category: Articles
LIFE-BOATS
The following additional life-boat services took place in May and August, 1969: No. 4 Life-boat Area Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 1.12 p.m. on 23rd August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Benacre...
Category: Services
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Children rescued Little and Broad Haven lifeboat went to the rescue of four children cut off by the rising tide on a rocky headland between beaches on 4 April 2004. In heavy surf, Helmsman Crispin Williamson manoeuvred the D class close to...
Fishing Cobles (2)
On the 25th April the local fishing cobles, which had gone to their pots in the early morning, returned during the after- noon. A strong northerly sea was breaking across the bar, and as coming into harbour was highly dangerous, the...
S.S. Ila
JANUARY 21ST. - RAMSGATE, KENT At 4 P.M. news was received that a Nor-wegian steamer was ashore near the North Goodwin Light-vessel and that the naval authorities were sending a tug to investigate.
A second message from the...