LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lisa Ray
At 2.11 p.m. on 6th June, 1967, it was learned that the cabin cruiser Lisa Ray had radioed that she had lost her way in dense fog while crossing the Goodwins.
The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched...
Henrik Wergeland
During a moderate S.S.W. gale and rough sea on the llth December, a message was received, stating that the Roaring Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The Life-boat Licensed Vic- tualler was launched without loss of time and...
The Scene at Calshot Spit on 28Th July 1972 When the Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde Was Named By Lady Woods Wife of the Former Chairman of the RNLI
The scene at Calshot Spit on 28th July, 1972, when the Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde was named by Lady Woods, wife of the former Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. The life-boat, which has... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norwegian Motor Boat Runda
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - LONGHOPE , ORKNEYS. At about five in the evening the coastguard reported that a vessel needed help about a mile N.W. of Duncansby Head, and the motor life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 5.30. A S.E. gale was blowing,...
'A Heavy Breaking Sea Then Struck the Boat on the Quarter, Washing Her Broadside on to the Beach . . .'
A heavy breaking sea then struck the boat on the quarter, washing her broadside on to the beach ...'. This fine action photograph—it is a 'still' from a film—was taken by B.B.C. cameraman Tony Knightley from the cliff overlooking... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Cut off by tide A LOCAL COBLE alerted Flamborough Coastguard on the afternoon ol Saturday, August 23, 1975; two people were cut off by the tide on the cliff at West Scar. After viewing the site and ruling out any attempt at rescue over the...
Sinbad
UNCONSCIOUS MEN SAVED RED FLARES seen .at 10.23 p.m. on 3rd September, 1971, six miles north of the Skerries caused the Holyhead, Anglesey, life-boat St Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) to be launched.
The life-boat, with...
A Small Rowing Boat
OCTOBER 17TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At eight at night the coastguard reported that a man who had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat at one o’clock had not returned. There was thick fog. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea...
Portrait of a Lifeboat Station: Wells
the crew and those who back them up ashore by Campbell MacCallum 1 Coxswain David Cox 2 Second Coxswain Anthony Jordan 3 Offshore lifeboat crew 4 Lt David Case RNVR, station honorary secretary 5 Mrs David Case 6 Lt S. C. Long RNVR, deputy...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service
Its Expenditure at a Glance How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was paid out in 1951 £ s. d.
28 7 6 _ _______ New Construction.
38 8 10 ____ _M_ Maintenance of...
Category: Accounts