LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Blue Bell
RAMSGATE.—On the 2nd January, 1894, a message by telephone was received requesting that the Life-boat and tug might be sent to a vessel in danger. The steamtug Aid, with, the Life-boat Bradford in tow, left the harbour at 10.30 P.M. and...
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PATIENT AND NURSE TAKEN OFF ISLAND Longhope, Orkneys. At 9.20 a.m. on Monday the 12th of August, 1963, the Island doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill patient required immediate hospital attention. There was a light...
Photo Fishguard - Trent Class Blue Peter VII
Fishguard's new Trent class lifeboat makes her way to sea after the ceremony with the three 'Blue Peter' presenters on the foredeck. Blue Peter VII is the first all-weather lifeboat to be funded by a 'Blue Peter' appeal... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leprechaun
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—At 9.15 on the night of the 8th of April, 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that four persons had gone to the Calf of Man in the motor boat Leprechaun during the day, and had not returned, and at 9.30 the life...
Dr Jim Gendle,
SEPTEMBER 1993 Dr Jim Gendle, chairman of Polperro branch from 1978 to 1991 and then president until his death. He was awarded a joint statuette with his wife, Eileen, in 1987..
Category: Obituaries
Surfboards
Split-second timing When the St Davids D class lifeboat launched in the afternoon of 21 March 2002, the crew of two knew the race was on to reach the surfers in trouble at Newgale beach. With 9 miles to travel, the crew had to take the...
Dunscore
Early on the morning of the 5th December fishermen about the harbour saw red flares a few miles due east.
An E.N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The weather was very cold, with heavy blasts of rain. With some...
A Speed Boat
Rhyl, Flintshire - At 4.30 a.m. on 22nd September, 1969, the honorary secretary received an anticipatory message from the coastguard reporting that a speedboat with three men on board was overdue from a fishing trip. At 8.13 the coastguard...