LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane
AEROPLANE CRASHED Lerwick, Shetlands—At 12.9 in the morning of January 3rd, 1947, an aero- plane could be heard flying round the town, and it dropped red flares. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, causing a rough sea, and as it appeared...
River Witham
Humber, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 17th February the Mablethorpe coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Saltfleet Haven. A moderate S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate ground sea. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was...
Orkney Coxswain Wins Second Silver Medal
COXSWAIN Daniel Kirkpatrick of Longhope has achieved the unusual distinction of being awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for the second time. His second award was made for the rescue of nine men from the Aberdeen...
Category: Services
Fishing Boats
GOUHDON AND JOHNSHAVBN, KlN- CARDINESHIRE. — A large number of fishing-boats belonging to Gourdon went off to fish on the morning of the 15th April, but had to return on account of the E.S.E. gale which came on...
Zoe
On the 24th Aug.
the brigantine Zoe, of this place, was ob- served to be lying at anchor off Cooley Point, about nine miles from the Life-boat station, in an apparently disabled state,, she having lost both her masts. It...
Sir Frederick Bowhill
Air Chief Marshal Sir Fredrick Bowhill, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. and Bar, died on the 12th of March, 1960, at the age of 79. He had a most distinguished career lasting some fifty years in the Merchant Navy, the Royal Naval Air Service...
Category: Obituaries
A New Zealand Lease of Life
Brictlington coxswain Fred Waikington follows in the wake of some former RNLI lifeboats that have travelled some 12,000 miles to a new home in the land of kiwis, sheet), volcanoes... and almost 10,000 miles of coastline.red and Carol...
Category: Articles
Adur II, of Liverpool
AUGUST 10TH. - CLOVELLY, AND APPLEDORE, DEVON. At three in the afternoon the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned to the Clovelly life-boat station that a small tug had foundered a mile northwest of the point. A moderate north-west breeze...
Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire. — At 9.35 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1952, the life-boat The Cuttle was launched in a moderately rough sea with a freshening south-easterly breeze blow- ing, as the local coble Isabella was at sea. The life-boat...
Two Boats, Two Rowing Boats, a Motor Boat, a 14-foot Boat
TWO YOUTHS SAVED—FOUR BOATS ESCORTED Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 11.20 on the morning of Sunday, the 29th September, 1963, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in trouble off the river Tyne. This was confirmed by...