LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kathleen
Margate, Kent. — At 11.15 in the morning of the 28th of November, 1948, during a dense fog, the coast- guard rang up to say that the skipper of a motor boat had reported passing the local fishing vessel Kathleen near Longnose Buoy and that...
Isa Simpson and Sunbeam
JAN. 19TH -. GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At about 3.30 P.M. a report was received from Johnshaven that the local fishing boats Isa Simpson and Sunbeam were at sea, and that owing to the bad weather they were making for...
Elizabeth Drew
At 10.30 P.M. on the 8th December a telephone message was received from the Civic Guard at Kinsale that a vessel was in distress off Garrettstown Strand.
The Motor Life-boat Sarah Ward and David William Crostxeller was...
Maldon and District Branch Made a Collection Down the River Blackwater on Its Flag Day Last July D H Purnews Gaff Cutter Tamarisk Backed Up By Maldon Little Ship Club
Maldon and District branch made a collection down the River Blackwater on its flag day last July. D. H.PurneWs gaff cutter Tamarisk, backed up by Maldon Little Ship Club guard boat, motored down as far as St Lawrence Bay approaching all... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boys and Girls of Newmarket Swimming Club Aged from Six Years Upwards Took Part In a Sponsored Swim During May In Aid of the Rnli As a Result Derek Blyth Swimming Club Instructor Hande
Boys and girls of Newmarket Swimming Club, aged from six years upwards, took part in a sponsored swim during May in aid of the RNLI. As a result Derek Blyth, swimming club instructor, handed over a cheque for £600 to Mrs Elizabeth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Memorial Life-Boats
WHAT monument can mourners rear To those whose umnark'd graves Lie far from all they held most dear, Fathoms below the waves ? No stately pile of sculptured stone Should tell their modest worth, No proud heraldic shield make known The...
Category: Poetry
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Cliff-climbing lifeboatman saves boy Lifeboat crews are highly trained in many fields so they will be prepared when out on a shout. But there are a few services where RNLI training cannot help, where it is up to the individual to do...
Monimia
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th of January, 1955, the Stornoway coast- guard telephoned that a message had been received from the Oban radio station that the steam trawler Moni- mia, of Fleetwood,...
Silver Line, Rosamund, Cutty Sark and Brighter Hope
JUNE 13TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning a light northerly breeze was blowing, but there was a strong swell breaking about four hundred yards outside the harbour entrance, and a fishing coble, attempting to make...
A Yacht (3)
Torbay, Devon. At 10.22 a.m. on I3th July, 1964. the coastguard told the harbour master that a small sailing craft had capsized off Thatcher Rock and two people were clinging to it. At 10.28 the inshore rescue boat launched in a slight south...