LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Martlett
On the evening of the 21st April the coastguard reported that a small yacht, anchored in Pol- zeath Bay, was in a dangerous position.
The wind and sea were slight, but she was very close to the rocks and would have grounded...
On Saturday Evening August 7 1982 a Joint Event Was Held By Beer and District Branch and the Axminster Girl Guides Association
On Saturday evening August 7, 1982, a joint event was held by Beer and District branch and the Axminster Girl Guides Association, which was attended by about 12,000 people and raised about £850 for the lifeboats. There was a camp fire... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Frances MacFarlane
February 1988 Mrs Frances MacFarlane, donor of the ex-Aith lifeboat The John and Frances MacFarlane..
Category: Obituaries
Sark
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—At 12.40 in the afternoon of the 6th of April, 1947, a message was received from the piermaster that a yacht was drifting about two miles offshore and flying distress signals. A south-south-west gale was blowing,...
Melody
Skilful boat handling and teamwork played a major role in this rescue but, for New Brighton Helmsman Mark Bland, decision making was the difficult part. Here's Mark's personal account While working at my office at Safe Water Training...
A Trawler (14)
DEC. 5TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. A trawler had been reported on fire, but got help from other trawlers. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
U.S. Coast Guard Station on the Great Lakes, With Crew Performing Capsize Drill In a Surf Boat
US Coast Guard Station on the Great Lakes With Crew Performing Capsize Drill In A Surf Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Edinburgh Chatting With the Life-Boat Crew When He Visited Plymouth on 22nd July
The Duke of Edinburgh Chatting With The Life-Boat Crew When He Visited Plymouth On 22Nd July. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
And Arwed Emminghaus (Below) a 266 M Rescue Cruiser With Daughter Boat from the Federal Republic of Germany
Arwed Emminghaus (below), a 26.6 m rescue cruiser with daughter boat from the Federal Republic of Germany. Other foreign lifeboats which will visit Plymouth are Sigurd Golje, a 78' patrolling steel lifeboat from Sweden; Patron Emil... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pictured Here Is the First Rescue Boat With a Fibre-Glass Hull to Be Tested Under Operational Conditions
Pictured here is the first rescue boat with a fibre-glass hull to be tested under operational conditions by the R.N.L.I. It is a 17-foot dory built by Dell Quay Productions Ltd., at Itchenor, Sussex. (See pages 464 and 482.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs