LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Zaire
Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset.—At about 10.30 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, the Parkstone police reported distress signals in Poole Harbour. A W.S.W.
gale was blowing, with a rough sea and squalls of rain. The pulling and...
Coxswain Joseph Parkinson
Coxswain Joseph Parkinson, of Lytham died on the 17th of March, 1959, at the age of 60. He was appointed coxswain in 1947 after serving as assistant motor mechanic of the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat from 1931.
He was...
Category: Obituaries
James Bryce Allan
Mr. James Bryce Allan, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1930, died on the 12th of May, 1960. He had served on the Construction and General Purposes Committees of the Institution.
Mr. Allan was a...
Category: Obituaries
Mary Rose, of Brixham
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.26 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1956, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a small yacht was waving a flag two miles south-west of Wyke look- out hut. The life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched at...
Ark
TWO RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Llanina reef and that her crew of two were unable to...
Lives on the line
As storms lashed our coasts last Christmas, a crew of sailors found themselves without engine or sail power – and drifting into the path of a 218m cruise liner …
When the Cowes lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
Four more volumes from Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, chronicling the life and times of various lifeboat stations - this time taking in three stations in England and one in...
Category: Articles
Book Corner
• Boat World: The Sail and Powerboat Yearbook 1971, now in its eighth edition, is to hand from Sell's Publications Ltd., Sell's House, 39 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, price £1.25. This annual handbook for boat owners is packed...
Category: Articles
Penguin
Swanage, Dorset.—At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1957, the St. Albans Head coastguard telephoned that a vessel was waving a red flag two miles east of St. Albans Head. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 12.31 in a calm sea....
Sea Bird
Clovelly, Devon.—About 4 o'clock in the morning of the 10th of September, 1948, the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned that a flare had been seen, and the motor life-boat City of Notting- ham was launched at 4.15 in a moderate...