LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Troon, Ayrshire. At 7.55 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1961,during an exercise launch of the life-boat James and Barbara Ait ken it was noticed that a catamaran had lost its sails and was in difficulties, with a crew of two, three-...

CABIN CRUISER TOWED TO HARBOUR Troon, Ayrshire. At 10.30 on the night of the 14th August, 1962, the coxswain saw a flashing light about two miles north of Lady Isle. The life-boat James and Barbara Aitken was launched at 10.45 in a light...

TOW TAKEN OVER FROM FISHING VESSEL Stromness, Orkneys. At 10.20 on the morning of the 8th May, 1963, the chairman of the branch was informed that the fishing vessel Lily Flower needed help in Hoy Sound. The life-boat Archibald and Alexander...

During the morn- ing of the 14th May an E.N.E. wind increased to a strong gale, and this, in the face of a strong ebb tide, caused a heavy sea at the harbour bar. As the fishing fleet was at sea, and the crossing could only be made at...

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Jonas Oxley, 81-year-old ex-coxswain of Walton and Frinton lifeboat and the holder of two bronze medals and the Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificate, presents an angling trophy to Cecil Ellis for the heaviest catch at last year'... - View image in PDF

For a change, the endurance of Second Coxswain Peter Leith of Lerwick is being tested other than by hours spent at sea in bad conditions.

Here he is seen on the station's open day during an eight-hour non-stop sponsored... - View image in PDF

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