LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Whaler
Dover, Kent - At 3.53 p.m. on 24th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an open boat with two men in it had been seen drifting eastwards in the Channel. The life-boat Southern Africa was launched at 4.23 in a light...
A Motor Boat
Tor bay, Devon - At 11.28 p.m. on I4th July, 1966, a motor boat on hire from Ter'gnmouth was reported overdue. The owner was searching along the coast. It was decided if the boat was not traced by daylight the life-boat and a helicopter...
Vispon
FLOODING EMERGENCY At 9.20 p.m. on 26th June, 1964, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Haulbowline, told the honorary secretary that the Spanish trawler Vispon, nine miles west of Bull Rock lighthouse, had sent out an SOS call as her engine...
Sea Adventure
ADVENTURE AT SEA Dungeness, Kent. At 2.50 p.m. on 8th August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a fishing boat had broken down and was lying at anchor half a mile off Littlestone. Her crew were waving for help while they baled her...
Belmura
GUNWALES AWASH At 8.15 a.m. on I3th September, 1964, a local resident telephoned the honorary secretary to say that a cabin cruiser had gone aground in the fresh south-easterly breeze and moderate seas at Saundersfoot.
The...
The Russian Cargo Vessel Jushnij Bug
RUSSIAN VESSEL At 9.50 a.m. on I4th October, 1964, a shipping agency in Hull telephoned the coxswain superintendent saying that a woman aboard the Russian cargo vessel Jushnij Bug was severely ill and needed medical attention. At 10.30 the...
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WAS SERIOUSLY ILL At 8.15 p.m. on gist October, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a woman who was seriously ill on Inishmaan needed immediate medical attention. It was low water with a moderate sea and a fresh easterly...
The Rowing Rabbi of Maidenhead
A race with a difference took place in Berkshire in aid of the RNLI. When the minister of Maidenhead Synagogue, Rabbi Jonathan Romain, heard that the ancient Cookham regatta was to be revived he proposed that one of the races be entitled the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thousands of People Attended Hoylake
Thousands of people attended Hoylake open day last August which had as its peak of entertainment a display by the RAF's world famous Red Arrows, seen here just as they pass over Hovlake lifeboat. Royal Marines dropped by parachute from a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robin Castle Has Been Coxswain /Mechanic of Sheerness Lifeboat
Robin Castle has been coxswain /mechanic of Sheerness lifeboat since 1981.
In 1987 he was awarded a Bronze medal in recognition of his superb initiative, skill and courage during the famous 'October Hurricane' of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs