LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canoe (3)
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 10.30 on the morning of the 21st of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that the beach patrol at Saltburn had seen two boys leave Salt- burn at 9.30 that morning in a small canoe. He had lost sight...
Chrysolite
During hazy weather on the 17th October, at about 1.30 A.M. the Coxswain, George Taylor, received a message by telephone from the Amble Coast Guard Station, reporting that signals were being fired from Coquet Island for the Life-boat, as a...
Communication With Stranded Vessels
COMMUNICATION WITH STRANDED VESSELS.
SIR,—I have recently read with painful interest strictures upon the failures on the Norfolk coast to establish prompt communication with a wrecked vessel. Few persons, indeed, are aware...
Category: Correspondence
Princesse Clementine
On the same day a gallant rescue wasperformed on the Yorkshire coast.
week before, the Belgian steamer cesse Clementine had gone ashore off Staithes. Her crew of nineteen were rescued by the Runswick Life-boat, but her...
Girl Pat
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 22nd of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor boat Girl Pat was overdue on passage from Newport, Pembrokeshire, to Tresaeth near Aber- porth. The...
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 6.—The 41-Feet Beach (Aldeburgh) Type
WHEN the Institution designed two new types of motor life-boat (as described in previous issues of The Life- boat) sufficiently light to be launched off a carriage or the open beach it became possible to use motor power at a large number of...
Category: Articles
Mudeford's New Lifeboathouse
Mudeford's new lifeboathouse, funded almost entirely by the branch with strong local support, was opened on Sunday June 28 by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution.
The ceremony followed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Admiralty Tug Amsterdam
MARCH 8TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.8 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship ashore on Redcar Rocks, N.E. of the pier.
A little later it was learned that the vessel was the Admiralty tug Amsterdam. The...
Pulling power
When a man was washed off Whitley Bay promenade into a very lively sea on 20 June, the B class lifeboat from Cullercoats was sent to help.
The man was being repeatedly thrown against the promenade, but the water was too...
Category: Articles
Definitive guide
The Lifeboat enthusiasts’ handbook 2009 is now out and available for £6. Essential for all who want to be sure of numbers, names and locations of every RNLI lifeboat, launching tractor and more, it can be ordered from the...
Category: Articles