LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Iron Duke
CAISTER.—At about 3 A.M. on the 1st November, signals of distress were ob-served, and the Life-boat Covent Garden put off. She proceeded in the direction of the signals, across the Scroby Sand, and found the fishing smack Iron Duke, of...
Lifeboat Services
12 MILE PASSAGE IN 30 KNOT WINDS Surfer saved by Atlantic after night search in severe weather The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to Nigel Sweeny, the helmsman of St Catherine's (Jersey, Channel Islands) lifeboat...
Category: Services
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Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.
At 9 a.m. on 8th November, 1965, the Inspector of Irish Lights informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick keeper on the Tusker Rock lighthouse and requested that he be taken off....
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AUGUST 31ST. - BALTIMORE, CO CORK. An explosion had been heard and a flare seen, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £11 16s..
Bookshelf
The History of the Blyth and Cambois Lifeboats The History of the Eyemouth Lifeboats by Jeff Morris Published by the author - prices in text Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society continues his self-imposed...
Category: Articles
Inshore Lifeboat Services December 1975 January and February 1976
Aberystwyth, Dyfed February 14.
Beaumaris, Gwynedd January 3 and February 15.
Conwy, Gwynedd February 7.
Eastney, Hampshire December 6, 30, January 7,25 and February 27.
Category: Services
The Strom Ness Life-Boat Alongside the Crippled Norwegian Vessel Kings Star (1,189 Tons) After She Had Hit the North Shoal—A Dangerous Rock Eight Miles Off The Orkneys
The Strom ness life-boat alongside the crippled Norwegian vessel Kings Star (1,189 tons) after she had hit the North Shoal—a dangerous rock eight miles off the Orkneys.
Also alongside are two of the vessel's own... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letter. Let's Put Out More Flags
• I attended the London District Conference when the present financial problems of the R.N.L.I. were explained to the delegates. Subsequently the excerpt from the article - 'Why put out more flags ?' included in the last issue of THE...
Category: Correspondence
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AUG. 31ST. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A cry for help had been heard by three boys from the Lydstep Caves. The motor life-boat was launched, and a coastguard search party went by car along the top of the cliff, and got down it...
Seagull, of Cowes
At 4.46 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been reported firing red flares five miles south of the Needles.
The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped her moorings at...