LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anco Spur
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 5.35 p.m. on 3rd October, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a shipping agency had asked for a doctor to be taken out to the Swedish tanker Anco Spur to attend to an injured man. It was one hour after low water...
Helena
Drifting on ebb tide WHILE AT SEA on exercise at 1115 on Sunday, April 4, St Catherines ILB received a message by radio from the Sea Rescue Centre, St Helier, to say that a small motorboat had broken down one mile east of the ILB station;...
National Giro
The R .N.L.I, has opened an account to make use of the National Giro service. The account number is 545 4050. Those who have personal Giro accounts may, if they wish, transfer money from those accounts to the Institution at no extra cost to...
Category: Articles
A Gannet Aircraft (3)
Coverack, The Lizard, Falmouth and Cadgwith, Cornwall.—At 8.38 oil the evening of the 19th of February, 1957, the Royal Naval Air Station at Cul- drose reported that a Gannet aircraft, with a crew of three, was believed to have crashed into...
Yswith & Victor
About 8 P.M.
on the 28th January, during a very strong N.N.W. gale, signals of distress were seen from a ketch which had put into the bay for shelter and was riding heavily to her anchors. The Life-boat James Stevens No. 10...
Unsung heroes: Elsie Macrae
Elsie has been an education volunteer in the north east of Scotland for 2 years
What’s your day job?
I used to work offshore as an engineer on oil rigs, but I’ve been called to the ministry so am currently studying for...
Category: Articles
None (1)
ILB Dash TWO TEENAGE girls brought word to Rhossili Coastguard Station, at 6 p.m.
on July 2, 1973, that four of their friends were stranded on Worms Head.
A member of the Coastguard drove straight to the...
Aries
DINGHY FOUND AFTER SEARCH AND TOWED IN Barrow, Lancashire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 1st June, 1963, members of the Arnside sailing club informed the coxswain that one of their members in the sailing dinghy Aries was...
A Catamaran and a Dinghy
CATAMARAN DISMASTED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 11.53 a.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard reported that a catamaran with a crew of two had been dismasted half a mile off Winthorpe and was drifting northward.
At 12.15 p.m....
Coxswain Henry Blogg, of Cromer
Awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution for the services to the Greek steamer " Pyrin " and the Swedish steamer " Fernebo," on 9th January, 1917. Awarded the Second Service Clasp to his Gold Medal for the service to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs