LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Skiff
Blyth, Northumberland. At 8.15 p.m. on 2oth May, 1965, while the IRB was being exercised, a skiff with one person
A Dinghy (4)
Walmer, Kent. At approximately 6.53 p.m. on 7th July, 1965, life-boatmen at the boathouse saw an overturned dinghy with her crew of two in the water a mile seawards off Deal pier. The IRB launched immediately, in a light northwesterly breeze...
Guide Me
St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At n a.m.
on nth November, 1965, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing boat Guide Me had not returned to harbour with the rest of the fishing fleet, following a gale warning...
A Sailing Dinghy (3)
Harwich, Essex - At 2.43 p.m. on 30th May, 1966, a small sailing dinghy was reported to have capsized one mile off Dovercourt beach. The IRB launched at 2.48 in a moderate east north easterly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The...
Fishing Cobles
ESCORT FOR FIVE COBLES Filey, Yorkshire. At 10.45 on the morning of the 14th February, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that five fishing cobles were at sea in deteriorating weather. The life-boat The Isa & Penryn...
A Boat (1)
SMALL BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.30 on the evening of the 7th May, 1963, the police informed the honorary secretary that a man had put to sea in the afternoon in a small boat and had not yet returned.
At 9.40...
None (9)
TWO PATIENTS LANDED At i p.m. on nth December, 1963, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that two patients needed to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment.
There was a gale force wind from the...
(Left) Whitby: at a Ceremony of Dedication on May 3 Miss Gwynaeth Milburn Watches As Alan Marshall Branch Chairman Pours Champagne on a New D Class Ilb Th
(Left) Whitby: At a ceremony of dedication on May 3, Miss Gwynaeth Milburn watches as Alan Marshall, branch chairman, pours champagne on a new D class ILB, the second lifeboat she has given to the station; Miss Milburn is also the donor of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Rodney Terry of St.Mary's Isles of Scilly
Coxswain Rodney Terry of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. He first joined the lifeboat crew in 1965, became second coxswain in 1984 and coxswain in 1985. In his working life he is a foreman stevedore, responsible for supervising the loading... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peak Performance:
Peak performance: On the longest day in June last year Richard Price, a new crew member at Fleetwood lifeboat station, led a team of 36 people up to Scotland for the start of a three peak marathon. The team climbed Ben Nevis, (some of them... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs