LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Spidola
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 8.10 in the morning of the 14th of February, 1948, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone ashore in a thick fog to the south-east of the South Stack Light- house, and at 8.32 the motor life-boat A.E.D. was...
Emperor
PORTHDINLLAEN.—The schooner Emperor, of Beaumaris, bound from Cork for Port Dinorwic, in ballast, showed a signal of distress while lying at anchor in the bay during a strong N.E. wind, and a heavy sea, on the 2nd November. The Life-boat,...
Minna
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At 11 a.m. on 2yth March, 1967, a message was received that the fishing cruiser Minna had asked for immediate medical assistance for a member of her crew who had fallen overboard off Kepoch Head. He had been...
Claesjenguy (2)
The Flying Dutchman WHEN his 24-foot yacht Claesjenguy lost her rigging off Hastings on June 2, Mr P. W. Stoel, a Dutchman working for the BBC, had cause to be grateful for the services of three RNLI lifeboats.
Although he...
Joan Receives Her Brand New Peugeot 306.
Joan receives her brand new Peugeot 306.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below) Hubert Petit Coxswain of St.Peter Port from 1948 to 1964 Was Awarded Both the Knli's Gold Medal and the Gold Medal of the Norwegian Lifeboat Institution F
(Below) Hubert Petit, coxswain of St Peter Port from 1948 to 1964, was awarded both the KNLI's gold medal and the gold medal of the Norwegian Lifeboat Institution for the service to Johan Collett in 1963. With deep regret we announce his... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mabel
In a strong south-easterly gale, on 26th October, the ketch Mabel, of Bideford, went ashore on the Dogger Bank, in Wexford Bay. The vessel, which was loaded with salt, was bound from Gloucester to Wexford. The casualty occurred soon after...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boat Men
DURING May, June, July, August, and September, 1921, the following awaids were made to Coxswains and Life-boat men :— To THOMAS HENRY NICHOLAS, on his retire- ment, after ten years' .service as Coxswain of the Sennen Cove Life-boat, and,...
Category: Awards
A Yacht (1)
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
Yewcroft
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 8th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Cudden Point. The life-boat Millie Walton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 7.15.
There...