LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Hovercraft
FIRST RESCUE FROM HOVERCRAFT On the 17th September, 1962, the first rescue of the crew of a hovercraft was carried out by the Rhyl, Flintshire, life-boat. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain Harold Campini was awarded the...
J. B. Kee
On the 5th of November, 1957, the New Brighton life-boat rescued the crew of six of the coaster J. B. Kee. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain George Stonall was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry, see page...
Charles Hunter-Pease Sales and Marketing Director
Charles Hunter-Pease, Sales and Marketing Director for Volvo Concessionaires (left) presents a cheque for £350.000 to Lt Cdr Brian Miles, director of the RNLI at the London Boat Show. The cheque represented the proceeds of the seven... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tadorne
The steam trawler Tadorne, of Boulogne, was wrecked early in the morning of the 29th March, during a fog, a short distance from Howick Haven. The vessel was bound from Boulogne to the Iceland fishing grounds, and had a crew of thirty hands...
The White Rose of Yorkshire (Right)
The White Rose of Yorkshire (right), escorted by the D class inflatable lifeboat, the Duke of Kent flew north to Staithes where he watched a demonstration launch and crash net recovery of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat. After visiting Redcar he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Little Ships
This year saw the 70th anniversary of the mass evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during the Second World War. On 30 May 1940, the RNLI received a call from the UK Ministry of Shipping, asking for as many lifeboats as possible to be...
Category: Articles
An Open Boat
Blackpool, Lancashire.—At 7.30 P.M.
011 the 20th August, 1939, a message was received from the police stating that some boys in an open boat were missing and had been last seen drifting to sea. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was...
A Boat (6)
AUG. 20TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE. At 7.30P.M. a message was received from the police stating that some boys in an open boat were missing and had been last seen drifting to sea. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was blowing. The sea was smooth. The...
Barra Island Lifeboat the 52Ft Burnett R a Colby Cubbin No 3 Her Emergency Air Bag Inlfated After She Had Been Capsized and Had Righted
Barra Island lifeboat, the 52ft Burnett R. A. - View image in PDF
Colby Cubbin No. 3, her emergency air bag inlfated, after she had been capsized and had righted. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of HMS Gannet. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (5)
GIRL RESCUED BY SPEED BOAT North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy had been seen to capsize off Newton Link house. A...