LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Serpae
Troon, Ayrshire. At 2.42 on the morning of the 22nd of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the 30-feet motor launch Serpae had left Portencross for Saltcoats at ten o'clock the night before, but had not...
The S.S. Richmond Queen
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.45 on the morning of the 23rd of May, 1953, the Aldeburgh coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Richmond Queen, of London, had a sick man on board and needed a doctor. She was making for Aldeburgh and was due at...
Express
FISHING BOAT BROKEN DOWN Flamborough, Yorkshire.—-At one o'clock in the morning of the 9th of May, 1947, the Bridlington coastguard reported that a fishing boat was over- due and the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albino, Whitley was...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Lead Us and Provider A
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 3rd of November, 1956, the motor fishing vessels Lead Us and Provider A had put out to the fishing grounds. By the time they were due to return to harbour the weather had deteriorated considerably,...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 8.40 a.m. on 27th September, 1965, the coxswain received a message from Trinity House asking if he would take off a badly burnt man from the South Bishop lighthouse in his own boat. On reaching the...
Preservation of Life from Drowning
SIR, IT is an important and cheering feature of the present age, that the general interests of our common humanity are so extensively cared for; and this has in various ways been exemplified, as it regards the physical wellbeing of our own...
Category: Correspondence
Coxswain John Connell of Amble Northumberland
Coxswain John Connell of Amble, Northumberland. He joined the lifeboat crew in April 1953, became bowman in February 1962, second coxswain in February 1967 and coxswain in August 1972.
He was awarded the thanks of the RNLI,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Oil Rig Neptune I
Scarborough and Teesmouth, Yorkshire - On i6th November, 1966 the Scarborough life-boat J. G. Graves of SJieffield and the Teesmouth life-boat Sarah Jane and James Season were launched to stand by the oil rig Neptune I.
A...
Winner
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—About 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 24th of Sep- tember, 1950, the police reported that the local fishing boat Winner, with a crew of three, was fifteen hours overdue.
All coastguards were...
A Cabin Cruiser
FLASHING LIGHT SEEN Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.40 p.m. on 26th September 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the coaster Mary Birch had reported at 11.30 a.m. seeing a small flashing light north-west of Blacktail...