LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Etrog
Angle, Pembrokeshire. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 25th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cargo ship was on fire five miles off St. Anne's Head.
The weather was foggy with a...
Herring Boats
On the morning of the 30th June a strong N.E. gale sprang up causing a very heavy sea whilst the herring fleet were returning from the fishing grounds.
Owing to the heavy swell and surf at the Harbour entrances it was...
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SEVEN WALKERS MISSING At 9.40 p.m. on spth October, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a party of seven people, walking from Cayton to Filey, were missing. The coastguard asked if the life-boat could help with the search...
(Left) Hm Coastguard Port Isaac Cliff Rescue Company (Including An Ilb Member Mid Right) and East Cornwall Mine Rescue Team All Working Together on the Cliff Haul
(Left) HM Coastguard, Port Isaac Cliff Rescue Company (including an ILB member, mid right) and East Cornwall Mine Rescue Team, all working together on the cliff, hauled five animals to safety . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Emilia
On the 16th October the HOD. Secretary of this branch received a telegram from the Coastguard Station north of Montrose that a vessel was standing for the harbour with a signal of distress flying. It was then Wowing hard from S.E., with a...
RNLI News
NEWSPOINT Since the previous issue of THE LIFEBOAT appeared in January the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day has given both young and old the chance to look back at the heroic deeds and sacrifices made to...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
FEW PEOPLE are fortunate enough to work in offices with such a beautiful view as some Head Office staff are enjoying while in temporary accommodation at Poole Quay. The harbour at Poole, which is said to be the second largest natural harbour...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 2.30 early on the morning of the 3rd of March, 1954, the Fire Brigade reported that firemen at Rosemullion Head were hauling two men up a cliff. The men had been in a fourteen-feet dinghy with another man, but the...
Four Motor Fishing Vessels including Providence
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the morning of the 28th of December, 1960, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that four motor fishing vessels had left harbour at three o'clock. The weather had deteriorated, and as...
A Rowing Boat (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 5.53 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1951, a resident at Waterwynch report- ed to the coastguard that a rowing boat seemed to be in difficulties in Water- wynch Bay. A later message made it two rowing boats. At...