LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Reedbird
At 3 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, news was received that the yacht Reedbird was in distress one mile west of the Bar lightvessel.
The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 3.8 and proceeded in a south south easterly...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Stanley Smith, of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, who retired in August of this year, after twenty-seven years of service in the life-boat. He has been in it since the station was estab- lished in 1924. He...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Tyne class lifeboat ON-1116 Roben and Violet Funding Anonymous gift THE CREW Co swain Anthony Barclay Crew members Dave Jones Dave Jones IJnr] Vincent Jones Rod Pace Gary Roberts David Williams MOELFRE LIFEBOAT STATION...
Category: Services
An Important National Question
WE have frequently had occasion to allude to the feet—to the astounding fact—that an annual average of more than 700 human beings suffer death by drowning, from shipwreck or collision, on the shores and in the waters of the United Kingdom...
Category: Articles
Dimcyl
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—About three in, the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that an auxiliary sailing yacht, one and a half miles to the eastward, was flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Mary Scott,...
Dun Na Ri
Fishing boat with engine trouble A MEMBER OF BALTIMORE, Co. Cork, lifeboat crew informed the deputy launching authority at about 1310 on Tuesday, November 11, 1975, that the fishing boat Dun Na Ri was in difficulty with engine trouble east...
Classified Advertisements
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Category: Advertisement
The RNLI appeal print, illustrated above, measures 29\" X 25J" overall with an image size of 22\" x /Sf" and is printed in a limited edtion of 850 at £48 each, ndividually signed by Mark Myers and stamped by the Fine Arts Trade Guild.
The RNLI appeal print, illustrated above, measures 29 " X 25J" overall with an image size of 22 " x /Sf" and is printed in a limitededtion of 850 at £48 each, individually signed by Mark Myers and stamped by the Fine... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gareen Junior
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1954, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched on exercise, with the second coxswain in charge, to stand by yachts off Penarth, which were taking...
Past Times
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...