LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Periwinkle
Swanage, Dorset. At 11.15 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was being heavily pounded by a rough sea while at anchor off Hardfast Point. Because of the state of the weather...
John Saunderson Named at Llandudno
After torrential rains, the clouds receded to let the sun break through, and D class lifeboat, John Sunderson was officially dedicated on the lifeboat slipway at Llandudno on 20 October 1996.
The lifeboat was donated by Dr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary
WE regret to record the death, at the end of last September, of the Rev. R.
W. PEKIIY CIRCUITT, Vicar of Brixham since 1900, and Honorary Secretary of the Brixham and Paignton Branch of the Institution for the past fifteen...
Category: Obituaries
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Category: Advertisement
December (1)
HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At about 3 in the afternoon of the 19th of September, 1943, the 18-ton motor fishing boat Alexandra, with a crew of five, was fishing some 10 miles east-north-east of Heugh Light in Hartlepool Bay, when the men saw an...
Category: Services
Four Yachtsmen Rescued at Margate
SHORTLY after midnight on the 2nd of September, 1951, the coastguard at Margate called up the life-boat station to say that he could see distress signals being flashed by a torch from a small yacht just outside the harbour.
Category: Services
Fishing Boats
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 23rd January the Newbiggin fishing-boats went to the fishing-ground at 4 A.M. A severe gale from the S.E. sprung up in the forenoon, and at 12.15 it became necessary to launch the Life-boat William,...
Cover Picture
by Colin Watson Unusual lighting picks out the details on the Bangor (Co Down) Atlantic 21 class lifeboat as she takes up station astern of the station's all-weather lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
May Lily
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the after- noon of the 31st of March, 1948, the motor life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield, was launched at 5.35, to stand by the local motor fishing boat May Lily, during a south-easterly gale with a very heavy...
Daybreak, Daymate and Sirious
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. On the afternoon of the 11th of May, 1958, the deputy honorary secretary and members of the life-boat crew were watching a yacht race, when a sudden squall sprang up, the weather grew worse, and several...