LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rowan Tree
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 6.45 p.m. on I2th January, 1966, the Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a distress call from the fishing vessel Rowan Tree which stated that she was in a sinking condition near...
British King
Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 2.50 p.m. on 24th July, 1966, during the sea cadets' regatta, the weather conditions deteriorated and on the advice of the lifeboat coxswain the organizers decided the event should be cancelled. The wind...
A Yacht (7)
Wicklow - At 11.25 P-m- on 25tn August, 1966, the coxswain was told that a man had fallen overboard from a yacht.
The life-boat J. W. Archer left her moorings at 11.50 in a gentle easterly breeze and a choppy sea. It was...
Barrow September 27 1986:
Barrow, September 27, 1986: from model lifeboats to the real thing! The model lifeboat rallies organised by Des Newton since 1979 helped provide the funds to pay for Barrow's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, Modeller I. The handing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Minehead lifeboat men a 'tremendous help' during floods The crew of Minehead's lifeboats and the station's shore helpers all came in for praise when some of the worst storms in living memory battered the north Somerset town...
In This Issue
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Lifeboat Services 8 The latest rescues including three Bronze Medal awards for gallantry Lifeboats to the Flood Rescue 14 Lifeboats lend a hand inland during the terrible floods of...
Category: Contents
D Class Named at Pwllheli
Saturday 23 August dawned wet and all indications were that it would continue. The station put their wet weather programme into effect - the crew and shore crew cleared the lifeboat house, dressed both boats and decorated the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Naval Aeroplane
OCT. 2 0TH. SELSEY, AND SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1.13 A.M.
a message was received from the coastguard that the Bognor police had reported a naval aeroplane down in the sea off Bognor. A northerly breeze was blowing. The...
An R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat
MAY 12TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.
At 7.15 in the morning a doctor of Castlebay telephoned to the life-boat honorary secretary that he had received a telephone message from Vatersay post office that an R.A.F. Sunderland...
Five Medals for Wales.
Five bronze medals for gallantry have been won in Wales in the past three months.
Dr. Joseph Soar, Mus. Doc., the organist of St. David's Cathedral, who has been the honorary secretary of St. David's life-boat...
Category: Articles