LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
YACHT CAPSIZED Swanage, Dorset. At 5.45 p.m. on I7th September, 1965, a small yacht capsized in Swanage Bay opposite the Grand Hotel. At 5.59 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched. A gale was blowing from the west-south-west, the sea was rough...
Maisie
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire - At 5.20 a.m. on I5th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Maisie of Caernarvon had broken down six miles south west by west of Portpatrick. A message received...
Fishing Boats
GALE BLOWING At 10.10 a.m. on 29th March, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the sea was becoming dangerous on the harbour bar, and at 10.13 tne life* boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched.
A gale was...
A Cabin Cruiser
At 4.30 p.m. on 2ist August, 1966, it was noticed that a cabin cruiser was broaching to in broken water on the North Tail. The life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker proceeded at 4.45 in a moderate westerly breeze and a choppy sea. It was low water. A...
Pern
Anstruther, Fife - At 3.26 a.m. on 28th October, 1966, red flares were reported eight miles south east of Fifeness. At 3.30 the life-boat The Doctors was launched. It was three hoursafter high water. At 9 o'clock the life-boat reached...
Amber
At 11.5 a.m. on 2yth February, 1967, it was indicated that concern was felt for six fishing boats which were still at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions. There was a gale from the south south east with a very rough sea.
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Please Note Regretfully, only coxswains and branch and guild officials with a minimum of 10 years service can now be accepted for inclusion in the Obituaries column of THE...
Category: Obituaries
Dudley Branch
Following the loss of Penlee lifeboat in 1981, Dudley branch launched an appeal as a tribute to Mrs Mary Richards, mother of the late Coxswain Trevelyan Richards. A cheque for the £5,396.83 raised, which will go towards the purchase of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Happy Bear
Three saved from yacht after long tow by Tyne in Storm Force windsCromer lifeboat coxswain Richard Davies has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal following the rescue of five people aboard the 30ft yacht Happy Bear off Cromer, Norfolk...
Well Dressing
Well dressing - a Derbyshire tradition dating back to 7350 - is a thanksgiving for the purity for the water in the village wells. The Sir William Hillary display, left, was designed by Ruth Markwell for the West Hallam branch and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs