LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alchuader III
French Yacht A MESSAGE came from the Coastguard to Salcombe honorary secretary at 1335 on Thursday, May 1, to say that the French yacht Alchuader III was unable to manoeuvre due to the very strong winds and the fact that her steering gear...
Birgitz and Riki Pia
Lifeboat aids disabled yacht and sinking trawler in southerly galeA service which started as a short call to search for an overdue sailing dinghy, and which was cancelled almost immediately when the dinghy was located, eventually turned into...
Pan
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.57 on the afternoon of the 10th of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norwegian vessel Pan had engine trouble six miles south-east of Dun- cansby Head and needed help imme- diately. The life-boat City...
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...
Lifeboat Services
ROUGH RIDE FOR ATLANTIC 21 IN BROKEN WATER Atlantic tows MFV and four crew to safety from lee shore Helmsman Jonathan Adnams of Southwold lifeboat station has been accorded the Thanks of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution inscribed on...
Category: Services
The Queen Mother at the Wheel of the Thurso Life-Boat, the Three Sisters, After the Naming Ceremony Last Year. With Her Is Coxswain Gilbert Reid. the Harbour Scene Shows the Ceremony In Pro
The Queen Mother at the wheel of the Thurso life-boat, The Three Sisters, after the naming ceremony last year.
With her is Coxswain Gilbert Reid. The harbour scene shows the ceremony in progress and the 48-foot 6-inch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
AFFINITY WITH Royal Bank of Scotland pic DO YOU USE A CREDIT CARD? If you do, or you are considering re-arranging your finances in any way you could be helping directly to fund the RNLI with every transaction you make.
Not...
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175 Years from Page 91
Some of the lifeboats have taken part in historic events. Plymouth's lifeboat Clemency was present on August 19, 1879, at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of...
Category: Articles
Thomas and Sons, Martha Jane, Glanmanai & Perseverance
FlSHGUARD, SOUTH WALES. On the 22nd March, at about 7.30 A.M., a signal of distress was shown from a vessel at anchor in the bay, where she had been riding with others during the night. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., at...
A Noble Rescue
ON Friday night, the 23rd October, 1868, a Government lighter named the Devon, was making her way round the Land's End to a western port. She was strongly built, and a good sea-boat, and could well enough have weathered the hard gale...
Category: Articles