LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fairway of Deal
Walmer, Kent - At 1.20 p.m. on llth February, 1969, news was received that the motor boat Fairway of Deal, with four anglers on board, had broken down threequarters of a mile south east of the life-boat house.
At 1.32 the...
A Fishing Boat
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 9.20 p.m. on 25th July, 1969, news was received that a fishing boat with a crew of two was overdue from the Mingulay fishing grounds. The lifeboat The Rankin, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her...
Dinas
Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 7.50 p.m. on 27th May, 1966, the coxswain was informed that the trawler Dinas of Fleetwood had a badly injured man on board who required a doctor. There was a moderate northerly wind with a corresponding sea. It...
Inigo
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.45 p.m. on 2ist July, 1966, it was seen that the yacht Inigo off the north end of the South Falls Head required assistance. There was a gale from the north with a very rough sea.
The tide was flooding....
Starting Them Young
I am sending you this photo of my grandson Liam and the members of the Craster lifeboat hoping you can print it in the magazine, as Liam is a member of Storm Force (the RNLI's club for children). Liam's daddy, Ben, had a collection... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
S.S. Empire Kingsley, of Greenock and Escort Vessel
MARCH 22ND. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
At 3.40 in the afternoon an explosion was heard and it was seen that a vessel had been torpedoed about seven miles northwest of the life-boat station. A moderate east-south-east wind...
March Sod
Three saved as trawler is destroyedThe coastline west of Port Oriel, on the east coast of Ireland, is extremely wild, with treacherous rocks to catch out the unwary sailor. So when the Clogher Head lifeboat was called out to a fishing...
A Motor Launch
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight—At 6.16 P.M. on the llth May, 1939, a message was received from the coastguard at Cliff End that a motor launch off Barton-on-Sea had broken down, and that its occupants were waving clothing to attract attention. As...
Briar
At 6.55 P.M. on the 17th April the coastguard at Kinnaird Head telephoned that a motor boat was on fire off Rosehearty, and that the crew appeared to be taking to their small boat. The motor life-boat Lady Rothes was launched at 7 P.M., in...
A Small Fishing Boat Tulip
It was reported by the Coastguard at Cairnbulg at about 10.30 P.M. on 16th May, that the small fishing boat Tulip, of Fraserburgh, with two men on board, was in distress off Cairnbulg Beacon and drifting into the surf. The swell was heavy...