LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy
At 6.15 p.m. on 4th June, 1970, a member of the crew of the Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, IRB saw a sailing dinghy with one man on board in difficulties three quarters of a mile off shore. The IRB was launched at 6.20.
There...
Louisa
While the fishing cobles were at sea on the 3rd May a strong wind sprang up from the S.E. Ail the boats managed to land in safety, however, with the exception of one named the Louisa, which had been delayed in hauling in her gear. As the...
Sea Hawkinge
Appledore, Devon - At 2.40 p.m. on 31st August, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Sea Hawk was aground off Down End and that one of the crew had been taken off by a lifeguard in a rubber boat. The...
And Now
Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Rowing Boat
JUNE 9TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 8.15 in the evening a resident of Cwmyreglwys telephoned to the life-boat station that a small rowing boat, with a man and two women in it, was being blown out to sea. At nine...
Pax
YOUGHAL, co. CORK.—On the morning of the 16th July, the barque Pax, of Liverpool, outward bound with a general cargo, stranded about half a mile north of Knockadoon Head, having lost some of her sails, while a moderate gale was blowing from...
Mary
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 20th July, the pilot-cutter Mary, of Bristol, was seen riding in a dangerous position, while a strong gale was blowing from the N. accompanied by a heavy sea.
Every movement of...
A Helicopter
Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.7 on the even- ing of the llth October, 1961, the life- boat Michael and Lily Davis had just completed an exercise with a Royal Air Force helicopter off Ramsgate. There was a light south-westerly breeze with a slight sea...
Shoreline
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS from many thousands of people, all, as it were, like threads being twisted together to form one rope of great strength, form the basis of Shoreline support for the lifeboat service. Year by year the sum of these...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
At 11.30 A.M. on the 2nd December the S.S.E.
gale increased rapidly until it was blowing a strong gale, and as some of the fishing-boats belonging to Stone- haven were at sea, the Life-boat Alex- ander Slack was launched to...