LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT FOUND AND LANDED Buckle, Banffshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles north-north-east of the...

The new South London office at 6 Bell Parade, Glebe Way, West Wickham, Kent. - View image in PDF

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AT the Annual Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION in March last, Admiral Sir GEO. F. SEYMOUR, K.C.B., some time since Commander-in-Chief of H.M.'s Squadron on the North American Station, read the following interesting...

The Sandgate coast- guard telephoned to the coxswain, at 3 A.M. on the 22nd February, that a ship had been sounding S O S on her hooter. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog. At 3.28 A.M.

the motor...

Ten hour service to disabled fishing vessel in gale force winds The coxswains of both the Penlee and Sennen Cove lifeboats, Neil Brockman and Terry George, have been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal following a joint service to a...

BooKs Sea stories – new writing from the National Maritime Museum Various writers This intriguing collection encompasses tales of the remote and wild coastal landscapes of Orkney and the west of Ireland, Mediterranean mysteries, an ill-fated...

Knockdown A COASTER, Fendyke, in trouble off Carnoustie a few miles north of the entrance to the River Tay was reported to the honorary secretary (operations)of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, who is also the harbour master, by HM...

Certificates of Service and Pensions.

The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to: WILLIAM MATTHEWS, 20 years coxswain and 4 years second coxswain of the Beaumaris life-boat.