LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division Cargo vessel sinks HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2357 on Tuesday February 13 that the Panamanian motor vessel Revi was in distress 30 miles north east of...
Category: Services
Providence and the Molla II
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.5 On the evening of the 28th of August, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel, with another in tow, had broken down off Beachy Head lighthouse. Later reports said that the vessels were drifting. At 8.8 the life...
Polstjarnan
SWEDISH YACHT IN PERIL Hasting*, Sussex.—On the 22nd of October, 1947, the Swedish yacht Polstjarnan was alongside the pier with her engine broken down. At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that she was bumping badly against the...
Makrojak
Hastings, Sussex. — At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1949, the life-boat motor mechanic saw a yacht dismasted three miles to the south-west, and the life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 3.5 in a moderate...
Kaylena
Newhaven, Sussex. — About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1950, information was received that a small motor boat seemed to need help, one mile off Cuckmere Haven, At 3.20 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was...
The S.S. Goldbell
On the night of the 21st June the coastguard tele- phoned that a ship was ashore on Beachy Head ledge. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog.
The Eastbourne life-boat was off ser- vice for overhaul and the...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 9.28 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, it was learned that a man was stranded on a rope ladder at Rough Towers Fort. The lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 9.52...
Sea Queen
NOV. 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 7 A.M. flare were seen to the eastward. This, was confirmed by the Fairlight Coastguard Station. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing.
The sea was smooth. At 7.25 A.M. the motor life-boat...
Giles Named at Porthcawl's New Station
Giles named at Porthcawl's new station Porthcawl was blessed with a clear sunny day on 7 September 1996 when Anthony Clarke, nephew of famous cartoonist and RNLI supporter Carl Giles, named the stations new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, Giles.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ethel
Guns having been fired by the Gull lightvegBel, the Life-boat Bradford, and steamtug Vulcan, proceeded out at 11.30 P.M.
on the 8th February, in a high sea, with a strong W.N.W. wind. They proceeded to the N.W. spit of the...