LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chanakya Jayanti, of Bombay
St. Peter Port, Guernsey - At 8.40 p.m. on 12th December, 1968, the signal station told the honorary secretary that a sick crew member aboard the tanker Chanakya Jayanti of Bombay required medical assistance.
The life-boat...
A Cabin Cruiser
BABY WENT TOO Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.20 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser which lay at anchor in Sand bay needed the life-boat's assistance.
A...
The S.S. Avon
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY.—A very thick fog prevailed here on the night of the 15th June, and at about 5.30 on the following morning the coxswain of the Life-boat, who had been watching during the night, heard voices close to the signal and...
Serenity
Caister, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock in the morning of the 29th of February, 1952, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone aground off Waxham, and at 10.15 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched. The sea was calm, with a fresh...
A Balloon from Germany
24th September. A balloon from Ger- many drifting towards land very low appeared likely to fall in the sea, but came down on Spittal beach.—Re- wards, £4 16s. 6d..
Support from New Zealand
Close to Mount Cook, New Zealand, stands a R.N.L.I. collecting box framed by a life-belt.
It has been placed there by Mr. Duncan Darroch, a landscape artist who has a cabin nearby.
Considerable sums... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From Darkest Peru To
Small Paddington Bear soft toys will be on sale in branches of Barclays and Woolwich throughout the UK from 4 July-7 August 2006. They cost just £2 each and all proceeds will go to the RNLI'sTrain one, save many. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
£30 from a Seal
A fisherman at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, rescued a baby seal which was helpless amoag the rocks in a rough sea, fed him with milk and cod liver oil, and decided to keep him until he was big enough to swim away. Meanwhile he made £30 by...
Category: Articles
Plucked from the sea
FRASERBURGH | 9 JULY
Two children were saved from the North Sea after being swept out 250m from the shoreline. The boy and girl, aged 12 and 13, were being battered by waves and were in danger of drowning. Quickly on scene, the...
Category: Articles
Aeron Belle
At 9.20 A.M. the same day the Life- boat was again launched to a vessel in •distress off the Head, the wind having changed to N.N.W. and increased to a strong gale. In her first attempt to get out of harbour the Life-boat was un- successful...