LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Swanage, Dorset.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 31st of July, 1954, when the life-boat was about to be launched for the life-boat flag-day, a police sergeant told the coxswain that a woman was missing and was thought to be on a cliff at...
Queen Alexandra
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1951, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Queen Alexandra, of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, had wirelessed that she was aground in the Sound of...
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 9.20 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, the local doctor reported that a sick man on Rhu, Castlebay, required hospital treatment.The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 9.45 in a moderate to fresh south...
Presentations of Public Relations Awards
Presentations of Public Relations awards were made by Raymond Baxter to (I to r) Coxswain Joe Martin of Hastings, Chris Larkin from BASH, Charles Fowkes of Hamlvns and David Trotter (with his daughter Helen).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) the Shore-Party Carries Out a Final Search
(Right) The shore-party carries out a final search of Big Cat as she lies wedged on rocks on Beginnis Island. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Canoe
Falling tide, rising tide ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO after West Kirby lifeboat crew had been receiving instruction on mouth to mouth resuscitation from their divisional inspector, Cdr George Cooper, on Thursday March 6, and while they were still...
Notice
Notice.
All Honorary Secretaries of Branches and Ladies' Life-boat Guilds and all subscribers of ten shillings and over are entitled to receive THE LIFEBOAT quarterly free.
All contributions for the...
Category: Articles
Two Cobles
NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA.—Two cobles were in danger, a sudden gale from S.E.
having sprung np while they were working their lines, about two or three miles from the shore, on the morning of the 12th January, and the sea...
The Dundee Sand Boat Oberon
The "motor life-boat Mona was launched at 2.10 A.M. on the 19th October, as flares had been seen from the Dundee sand-boat Oberon, which, with a crew of four, was at anchor just below Tay Bridge. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with a...
Pioneer, of Carnavon
On the 24th January, the brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon, laden with grain, becoming water-logged in a S.S. W. gale, the master and 6 of the crew took to their boat, the " painter " of which broke before the re- maining man could get...