LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Susan, Olivia Mary
At 5.18 p.m. on i6th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a motor boat with three people on board was in need of assistance one and a half miles east north east of Foreness point. The IRB was launched at 5.22 in a fresh...
Reading the sea
From surfers to fishermen to lifeboat coxswains, people who rely on the sea need to be expert at understanding what it’s doing. But how well do you know your tides, waves and currents?
The sea is changing all the time....
Category: Articles
The American Sailing Yacht, Seafarer
AUGUST 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 9.12 at night the Ramsgate coastguard reported a sailing yacht aground on the Goodwin Sands. A light west-south-west breeze was blowing and the sea was calm.
At 9.20 the motor life-boat...
Morning Star
MAN WITH INJURED HAND LANDED Boulmer, Northumberland. The Tynemouth coastguard inquired at 10.32 on the evening of Wednesday the 18th September, 1963, if it was possible to launch the Boulmer life-boat to land an injured man from the 25-ton...
Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead Branch Introduced An Auction of Small Antiques Into Its Annual Wine and Cheese Party This Year Eighty Lots Ranging from Antique Can
Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead branch introduced an auction of small antiques into its annual wine and cheese party this year.
Eighty lots, ranging from antique candlesticks to sets of knives and forks, were put under the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Six Times One:
Six times one: John Spivey of Iver, Bucks, was wearing his Shoreline sweater recently on the day he scored a hole in one during a golf tournament. It was, unbelievably, the sixth hole in one of his golfing career and one thing that pleased... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yak Paddling Challenge
Another challenge - another environment - another first. This challenge is to be the first to solo circumnavigate the UK and Ireland by sea kayak. In total it will be over 4,950 miles, taking around 26 weeks to complete. The ambitious... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Liberator Aeroplane (1)
MAY 17TH. - MONTROSE, AND ARBROATH, ANGUS. A vessel had been reported on fire. It was a Liberator aeroplane which had crashed in the sea. A naval launch arrived first and picked up two bodies. The Arbroath life-boat did not launch, but her...
The S.S. Upminister
JANUARY 9TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 11.13 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel 2 1/2 miles S.E. of No. 85 light-vessel, appeared to be in distress. An easterly breeze was blowing,with a moderate sea...
Frederick Carel
RAMSGATE and DEAL. — Signals were made by the Goodwin and Gull lightships, during a fresh S.E. gale and a heavy sea, on the morning of the 31st of October.
At the same time a large flare was seen in the direction of the...