LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Fever
Sjng I e h anded_saNor towed to safety Along and arduous service in gale force winds, heavy seas and wintery conditions in April 1998 has earned Paul Martin, the Coxswain of Skegness lifeboat the RNLI's Thanks on...
Rosemary IV
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 8.10 in the evening of the 30th of May, 1952, the Needles coastguard telephoned that two yachts, taking part in the Cowes to Cherbourg race, had gone aground on Shingles Bank near Elbow Buoy, but they had...
Jayne Edmunds and Eric Jones Were Each Presented With An Inscribed Wrist Watch
Jayne Edmunds and Erie Jones were each presented with an inscribed wrist watch.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Four Yachtsmen Rescued at Margate
SHORTLY after midnight on the 2nd of September, 1951, the coastguard at Margate called up the life-boat station to say that he could see distress signals being flashed by a torch from a small yacht just outside the harbour.
Category: Services
Wild Rocket
Aground in gully THE DUTY ASSISTANT HARBOUR MASTER at St Peter Port, who is a deputy launching authority (DLA) of the lifeboat station, was informed by the Signal Station at 0428 on Tuesday October 11, 1983, that the French yacht Wild Rocket...
Thelma
Early on the after- noon of the 7th December the Coast- guard reported that a motor yacht west of the jetty appeared to be in distress.
A strong N.E. breeze was blowing with a heavy sea, and hail showers. The Motor...
Harmony
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 2.11 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1956, the Needles coastguard reported that a small yacht was in distress four miles south-south-west of St. Cather- ine's. The life-boat S.G.E. put out at 2.33....
Overlord
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At eight o'clock on the morning of the 26th of May, 1957, the Needles coastguard telephoned that the yacht Overlord, of Southampton, was in difficulties eight and a half miles south-west of...
Peter Heading (Left),
Peter Heading (left), helmsman of Aberystwyth station's C class inshore lifeboat, joined the crew in 1982.
In 1991, he was awarded a Bronze Medal in recognition of the courage and skill he displayed during a service on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dulcebella
In the fourth case the interval between the two services was rather longer. On 17th April, 1922, the cutter Dulcebella, of Westcliff, with six people on board, ran aground on the Maplin Sands in a strong N.N.E. gale with a heavy...