LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht and a Speed Boat
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 4.30 p.m. on i2th September, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht had capsized two miles north of Hartlepool.
There was a light north-easterly breeze with a calm sea. The...
Margaret
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.25 on the morning of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was burning flares one and a half miles east-south-east of Aldeburgh. At 8.3 the No. 1 life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched in a...
A Canoe
Walmer, Kent. At 6.17 on the evening of the 13th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Royal Marine conoeist had capsized off Deal.
There was a moderate north-north- westerly wind with a choppy sea...
An Aeroplane (31)
MARCH 7TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A British Anson aeroplane had crashed at sea, and a destroyer picked up one survivor, but nothing was found of the other three members of the crew.- Rewards, £6 14s....
Will Everard
Caister, Norfolk. At 8.20 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1960, the life-boat mechanic telephoned to say the barge Will Everard was aground on Scroby Sand due east of the life-boat station. This was confirmed later by the coastguard....
The Duke With Coxswain Alfred Sinclair
The Duke with Coxswain Alfred Sinclair and the crew ofStromness lifeboat. Captain John Allan, honorary secretary of the station branch, is on the left with (I to r) Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, director of the Institution, Motor Mechanic... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles
CULLERCOATS.—On the llth January, 1893, twenty-five cobles went out fishing, but as a strong N.E. gale sprung up accompanied by a rough sea they were compelled to return to port. Seventeen of them arrived safely in the harbour, but by the...
Annual Awards 1977
The Maud Smith Bequest for the outstanding act of lifesaving by a lifeboatman in 1977 has been given to Coxswain Thomas Walsh of Kilmore.
On December 24 the lifeboat under his command was capsized twice while investigating...
Category: Awards
The Motor Fishing Vessels Seeker, Silver Stream and New Venture
Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 galeCoxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following the rescue of three men from two fishing vessels...
Index to Advertisers
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Category: Index