LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
— Several fishing boats were making for the harbour during a S.
wind, on the morning of the 18th May, and as a very heavy sea was breaking across the entrance, it was evident that the boats would encounter some amount of...
Antaeus
The RNLI's chief of operations has written to the St Helier lifeboat station expressing thanks for the way in which the crew of the station's new Tyne class lifeboat Alexander Coutanche handled a service during the storm of 25...
Aiva
Lone yachtsman saved PORT ERIN'S 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat Osman Gabriel launched at 1502 on April 18, 1987 following reports from Ramsey Coastguard of the yacht Aiva in difficulties and taking water 10 miles north west of the Calf...
Fishing Cobles (2)
On the 25th April the local fishing cobles, which had gone to their pots in the early morning, returned during the after- noon. A strong northerly sea was breaking across the bar, and as coming into harbour was highly dangerous, the...
A Pilot Boat
TEIGNMOUTH, DEVON.—A pilot boat, belonging to Teignmouth and manned by five men, was running for the harbour during a S.E. wind and a rough sea, at 11 A.M. on the 17th of March, when a broken sea suddenly overtook her and capsized her. The...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Matthew Lethbridge, of St.
Mary's, in the Scilly Isles. He has been an officer of the life-boat for 32 years. He served as second coxswain from 1920 to 1925, and since 1925...
Category: Articles
Marie and Therese
Atnoonon2istAugust, 1966, the French fishing vessel Marie and Therese was stated to have broken down about 30 miles north by west of Strumble Head. There was a fresh north north easterly breeze with a choppy sea. It was one hour after low...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.44 on the morning of the 9th of Sep- tember, 1956, a message was received from the coastguard that the Brighton police had reported that a girl from a capsized sailing dinghy had been found coming ashore at...
Manta
The following life-boat service should have been included in the September, 1967, issue of THE LIFEBOAT.
Arklow, Wicklow - At 12.15 p.m. on 3rd May, 1967, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that the motor...
Lowesloft: When on August 30 Lowestoft Lifeboat Went to the Help Oj Jolie Brise Returning from Oslo to Harwich on the Second Leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race It Was
Lowesloft: When on August 30 Lowestoft lifeboat went to the help oj Jolie Brise, returning from Oslo to Harwich on the second leg of the 1978 Tall Ships Race, it was Thomas Knott's last service as coxswain . . . photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs