LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
lolanthe
At 11.57 a-m- °n 2r>d September, 1966, information was received that the German ship Jane had the British yacht lolanthe in tow and was anxious to hand her over to the life-boat. The life-boat Edian Courtauld slipped her moorings at...
Pace
Swanage, Dorset - At 6 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Pace was broken down and becalmed and in danger of being swept on to the rocks at Anvil Point. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 6.10. It was one hour after...
Cheshire Cat
Ramsgate, Kent - At 12.48 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, the East pier watchman noticed that the motor launch Cheshire Cat with nine people on board was aground in Pegwell bay. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis left her moorings at 12.55 in a...
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THK Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1962 has been won by Bowman John Kerr, of Blyth, for his part in the rescue of the crew of two of the motor vessel Paullgate on the 18th November. A...
Category: Awards
Lymington Took Just One Month to Raise £760 to Pay for a Pair of Propellers for the New Arun Lifeboat Being Built for Yarmouth Isle of Wight on December 14 Two Cheques
Lymington took just one month to raise £760 to pay for a pair of propellers for the new Arun lifeboat being built for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. On December 14, two cheques, each for £380, one from the branch and one from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lugo
Yacht towed to safety from breaking seas on lee shore A difficult service in darkness, gale force winds and heavy breaking seas just yards from a sea wall has earned Coxswain James Kinnon of Ramsey lifeboat station the Thanks of the...
Opposite and Above: 30,000 People Enjoy Visiting the RNLI at Hoylake Each Year
Opposite And Above: 30,000 People Enjoy Visiting The RNLI At Hoylake Each Year. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Karfinn
Yacht dragging anchor A YACHT AT ANCHOR but in difficulties in heavy seas off Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, was seen by Mumbles Coastguard and reported to the Mumbles honorary secretary at 1350 on December 19, 1973.
Maroons were...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1875
Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...
Category: Articles
Books
• Commenting on Yacht Signalling by Bernard Hayman (Nautical Books, Macmillan, £8.95) Rear Admiral W. J.
Graham, director of the Institution, wrote: 'This most comprehensive book on signalling to and from yachts is...
Category: Articles