LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT FOUND AND LANDED Buckle, Banffshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles north-north-east of the...

Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 11.25 a.m. on I2th May, 1967, it was learned that the coble Guiding Light with a man and a young boy on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The coastguard searched to the limit of visibility but could not...

Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1960, a message was re- ceived that the Fleetwood trawler Jacinta was ashore at the entrance to Castlebay harbour and needed help. A moderate...

Chosen for reliability LUCAS The 70 ft boats for the RNLI are each fitted with two 7-inch alternators and control equipment screened and suppressed to comply with BS 1597/1963.

Lucas and CAV supply a full range of...

There was plenty to smile about at Great Ormond Street Hospital following, a gala dinner at the Mirabelle Restaurant. The occasion was the restaurant's 50th anniversary and the dinner was held in aid of the RNLl. The Chef Patisserie Nick... - View image in PDF

On station D-659 George Godfrey Benbow (pictured), Howth, 7 February 2006 (D-530 withdrawn) B-775 Millennium Forester, Plymouth, 27 January 2006 D-657 Sally, Lytham St Annes, 18 April 2006 (D-509 withdrawn to the relief fleet) D-652 Team...

About 1.30 in the morning of 31st August, in very thick weather, with a moderate sea, the White Star cargo vessel, the Bardic, of 7,000 tons, ran on the Maenheck Rock, about half a mile south-west of the Life-boat Station at The Lizard. The...

The following figures show the general form,, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...