LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Catamaran
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14 p.m. on 9th April, 1964, the inshore rescue boat no.
14 was launched to help a sailing dinghy which had been seen to capsize half a mile south-east of the life-boathouse. There was a fresh southerly...
Snark
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 1.59 on the afternoon of the llth of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a small yacht, which was drifting east- ward broadside on to the wind, appeared to be disabled about two miles from Birling Gap. The...
Sally
WELLS, NORFOLK.—On the 12th September, during a very heavy gale from the N., accompanied by a heavy sea, at 5 P.M., the fishing sloop Sally, of this port, was making for the harbour when her mainsheet and boom gave way, and she was driven on...
The White Rose of Yorkshire (Right)
The White Rose of Yorkshire (right), escorted by the D class inflatable lifeboat, the Duke of Kent flew north to Staithes where he watched a demonstration launch and crash net recovery of the Atlantic 21 lifeboat. After visiting Redcar he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Footah
PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN.—A severe storm was experienced here on the 4th October, the wind blowing from the S.E. with almost hurricane force, with a very heavy sea and heavy rain.
The storm continued throughout the day,...
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SICK WOMAN LANDED FROM ISLAND Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At 10.15 p.m. on Thursday the 15th of August, 1963, a nurse on Inishmaan asked that the life-boat take a seriously ill patient to hospital at Rossaveel. At 10.45 the life-boat Mary...
The Sailfin Being Towed By a Tug to Lowestoft Harbour
The Saiirm Being Towed By A Tug To Lowestoft Harbour. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An R.A.F. Aeroplane (2)
Wick, Caithness-shire.—23rd October, 1939. The life-boat station was informed that a R.A.F. aeroplane had failed to report and has last been seen thirty miles east of Wick. The motor life-boat was launched at 3.20 P.M.
Two...